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Digest

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Noun

1. digest

a periodical that summarizes the news

2. compilation, digest

something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)

Verb

3. digest

convert food into absorbable substances

Example Sentences:
'I cannot digest milk products'

4. digest

arrange and integrate in the mind

Example Sentences:
'I cannot digest all this information'

5. abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Example Sentences:
'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'

6. digest

become assimilated into the body

Example Sentences:
'Protein digests in a few hours'

7. digest

systematize, as by classifying and summarizing

Example Sentences:
'the government digested the entire law into a code'

8. digest

soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture

9. concentrate, condense, digest

make more concise

Example Sentences:
'condense the contents of a book into a summary'

10. digest

soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Digest

see synonyms of digest
verb (dɪˈdʒɛst , daɪ- )
1. 
to subject (food) to a process of digestion
2. (transitive)
to assimilate mentally
3. chemistry
to soften or disintegrate or be softened or disintegrated by the action of heat, moisture, or chemicals; decompose
4. (transitive)
to arrange in a methodical or systematic order; classify
5. (transitive)
to reduce to a summary
6. (transitive) archaic
to tolerate
noun (ˈdaɪdʒɛst )
7. 
a comprehensive and systematic compilation of information or material, often condensed
8. 
a magazine, periodical, etc, that summarizes news of current events
9. 
a compilation of rules of law based on decided cases
noun
Roman law
an arrangement of excerpts from the writings and opinions of eminent lawyers, contained in 50 books compiled by order of Justinian in the sixth century ad

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Digest

see synonyms of digest
noun
1. 
a condensed but comprehensive account of a body of information; summary or synopsis, as of scientific, legal, or literary material
2. 
a book, periodical, etc. consisting chiefly of such summaries or synopses or of articles condensed from other publications
3.  [D-] [often pl.]; Roman
the Pandects of the Emperor Justinian
verb transitive
4. 
a. 
to arrange or classify systematically, usually in condensed form
b. 
to condense (a piece of writing) by briefly summarizing its contents
5. 
to change (food), esp. in the mouth, stomach, and intestines by the action of gastric and intestinal juices, enzymes, and bacteria, into a form that can be absorbed by the body
6. 
to aid the digestion of (food)
7. 
to think over and absorb
8. 
to soften, disintegrate, etc. by the use of heat, usually together with water or other liquid
verb intransitive
9. 
to be digested
10. 
to digest food

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Digest

see synonyms of digest
v. di·gest·ed, di·gest·ing, di·gests
v.tr.
1. To convert (food) into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by an organism, as by chemical and muscular action in the digestive tract.
2. To think over so as to understand; absorb or assimilate: It took a minute to digest the implications of the remark.
3.
a. To organize into a systematic arrangement, usually by summarizing or classifying.
b. To condense or abridge (a written work).
4. Biochemistry To decompose (organic compounds), especially by the action of enzymes or bacteria.
5. Chemistry To soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture.
v.intr.
1.
a. To become assimilated into the body.
b. To assimilate food substances.
2. Biochemistry To undergo decomposition, especially by the action of enzymes or bacteria.
3. Chemistry To undergo exposure to heat, liquids, or chemical agents.
n. (dījĕst′)
1. A collection of previously published material, such as articles, essays, or reports, usually in edited or condensed form.
2. Law A systematic arrangement of abstracts from court decisions designed to simplify the locating of relevant case law.
3. A periodical containing literary abridgments or other condensed works.
4. Digest See pandect.
5. A product of biochemical digestion: purifying the peptides in a digest.

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