What is the meaning of digest?

noun

  • A periodical that summarizes the news.
  • Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file.

verb

  • Convert food into absorbable substances.
    • usage: "I cannot digest milk products"
  • Arrange and integrate in the mind.
    • usage: "I cannot digest all this information"
  • Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
    • usage: "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
  • Become assimilated into the body.
    • usage: "Protein digests in a few hours"
  • Systematize, as by classifying and summarizing.
    • usage: "the government digested the entire law into a code"
  • Soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture.
  • Make more concise.
    • usage: "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
  • Soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture. .
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