Definitions for digest

Overview of noun digest

The noun digest has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. digest

(a periodical that summarizes the news)

2. compilation, digest

(something that is compiled (as into a single book or file))

Overview of verb digest

The verb digest has 8 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (1) digest

(convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products")

2. (1) digest

(arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information")

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")

4. digest

(become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few hours")

5. digest

(systematize, as by classifying and summarizing; "the government digested the entire law into a code")

6. digest

(soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture)

7. digest, condense, concentrate

(make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary")

8. digest

(soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture)