digest

CEFRB1

/daɪˈd͡ʒɛst/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To break down food so the body can use it.

  2. 02

    noun

    A short collection or summary of information.

Examples

  • Read the poem several times and digest it.

  • I just ate an omelette and I'm waiting for it to digest.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /dəˈd͡ʒɛst/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.

  2. To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.

  3. To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.

More examples

In context

  • Cheese doesn't digest easily.

  • Wine helps digest food.

  • Comyn's Digest

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English digesten, from Latin dīgestus, past participle of dīgerō (“carry apart”), from dī- (for dis- (“apart”)) + gerō (“to carry”), influenced by Middle French digestion. Partly displaced native Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both “to melt, to digest,” whence Modern English melt.