Definition of Digest

Verb: digest  'dI,jest

  1. Convert food into absorbable substances
    "I cannot digest milk products"
     
  2. Arrange and integrate in the mind
    "I cannot digest all this information"
     
  3. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
    "The new secretary had to digest a lot of unprofessional remarks";
    - endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
     
  4. Become assimilated into the body
    "Protein digests in a few hours"
     
  5. Systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
    "the government digested the entire law into a code"
     
  6. Soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
     
  7. Make more concise
    "digest the contents of a book into a summary";
    - condense, concentrate, distil [Brit], distill [N. Amer]
     
  8. Soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
Noun: digest  'dI,jest
  1. A periodical that summarizes the news
     
  2. Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
    - compilation

See also:
digerati
digested

Anagrams containing the word digest

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