digest
[verb]
Synonyms:
- ingest, absorb, assimilate, dissolve, incorporate
- take in, absorb, consider, contemplate, grasp, study, understand
[noun]
Synonyms:
- summary, abridgment, abstract, epitome, précis, résumé, synopsis

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Related Words: abridgment, synopsis

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I. di‧gest¹ /daɪˈdʒest, də-/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: digestus, past participle of digerere 'to carry apart, arrange, digest']

1. to change food that you have just eaten into substances that your body can use:
Most babies can digest a wide range of food easily. ⇒ ingest

2. to understand new information, especially when there is a lot of it or it is difficult to understand Synonym : take in:
I struggled to digest the news.

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II. di‧gest² /ˈdaɪdʒest/ noun [countable]
a short piece of writing that gives the most important facts from a book, report etc

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digest
verb
ADV. easily Some foods are digested more easily than others.
fully | partially The parent bird partially digests food in its crop.
VERB + DIGEST can/can't He has to avoid fat because his body can't digest it.
be difficult to, be easy to Cheese is very difficult to digest.

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