digest
dahy jest
- n a periodical that summarizes the news
- n something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
- v convert food into absorbable substances
I cannot digest milk products - v arrange and integrate in the mind
I cannot digest all this information - v put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- v become assimilated into the body
Protein digests in a few hours - v systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
the government digested the entire law into a code - v soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
- v make more concise
- v soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
- The Digest has always been careful not to burden its readers with somber or brain-taxing articles.
- But 3to 4 hours usually suffice to digest the ordinary meal.
- In the vast majority of cases, the pain means only that the victim cannot digest food properly because he is emotionally upset, and he may have the pain without food.