digest
noun
1. a periodical that summarizes the news
Definition categories: communication, periodical
2. something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
Similar word(s): compilation
Definition categories: communication, collection, compendium
Sentences with digest as a noun:
- Comyn's Digest
- the United States Digest
- Reader's Digest is published monthly.
- The weekly email digest contains all the messages exchanged during the past week.
verb
1. convert food into absorbable substances
- I cannot digest milk products
Definition categories: consumption, process, treat
2. arrange and integrate in the mind
- I cannot digest all this information
Definition categories: cognition, apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, grasp, grok, savvy
3. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Similar word(s): abide, bear, brook, endure, stand, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate
Definition categories: cognition, allow, countenance, let, permit
4. become assimilated into the body
- Protein digests in a few hours
Definition categories: change
5. systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
- the government digested the entire law into a code
Definition categories: change, systematise, systematize, systemise, systemize
6. soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
Definition categories: change, disintegrate
7. make more concise
Similar word(s): concentrate, condense
Definition categories: change, abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
8. soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
Definition categories: change, decompose
Sentences with digest as a verb:
- to digest laws
- Food digests well or badly.