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verb
- 1. break down (food) in the alimentary canal into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body. Similar
noun
- 1. a compilation or summary of material or information: "a digest of their findings"
- 2. a substance or mixture obtained by digestion: "a digest of cloned DNA"
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to obtain information, ideas, or principles from; assimilate mentally: to digest a pamphlet on nuclear waste. to arrange methodically in the mind; think over: to digest a plan. Synonyms: ponder, study, understand. to bear with patience; endure. to arrange in convenient or methodical order; reduce to a system; classify.
Definition of digest verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DIGEST meaning: 1 : to change (food that you have eaten) by a biological process into simpler forms that can be used by the body; 2 : to think over and try to understand (news, information, etc.)
Definitions of 'digest'. 1. When food digests or when you digest it, it passes through your body to your stomach. Your stomach removes the substances that your body needs and gets rid of the rest. [...] 2.
1. transitive verb/intransitive verb. When food digests or when you digest it, it passes through your body to your stomach. Your stomach removes the substances that your body needs and gets rid of the rest. Do not undertake strenuous exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest.
The Digest, also known as the Pandects, is a name given to a compendium or digest of Roman law compiled by order of the emperor Justinian I in the 6th century. The Digest was one part of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the body of civil law issued under Justinian I.
Synonyms for DIGEST: summary, outline, summa, précis, sum-up, recap, synopsis, brief; Antonyms of DIGEST: expansion, enlargement, amplification, supplement, addendum, elaboration, lump, scramble
Definition of digest noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
digest meaning, definition, what is digest: to change food that you have just eaten ...: Learn more.
digest meaning: 1. to change food in your stomach into substances that your body can use: 2. to read and…. Learn more.
