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digesting

 
Verb digest has 8 senses
  1. digest - convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products"
    --1 is one way to
    process, treat
    Derived forms: noun digestion2, noun digester1
    Sample sentence:
    The chefs digest the vegetables
  2. digest - arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information"
    --2 is one way to
    get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
    Derived forms: noun digestion3, noun digest2, noun digest1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue digest the movie
  3. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "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"
    --3 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. digest - become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few hours"
    --4 is one way to
    change
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  5. digest - systematize, as by classifying and summarizing; "the government digested the entire law into a code"
    --5 is one way to
    systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. digest - soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
    --6 is one way to
    disintegrate
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  7. digest, condense, concentrate - make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
    --7 is one way to abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
    Derived forms: noun digest2, noun digest1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  8. digest - soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
    --8 is one way to
    decompose, break up, break down
    Derived form: noun digestion1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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