digest

di·gest

 (dī-jĕst′, dĭ-)

v. di·gest·ed, di·gest·ing, di·gests

v.tr.

1. To convert (food) into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by an organism, as by chemical and muscular action in the digestive tract.

2. To think over so as to understand; absorb or assimilate: It took a minute to digest the implications of the remark.

3.

a. To organize into a systematic arrangement, usually by summarizing or classifying.

b. To condense or abridge (a written work).

4. Biochemistry To decompose (organic compounds), especially by the action of enzymes or bacteria.

5. Chemistry To soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture.

v.intr.

1.

a. To become assimilated into the body.

b. To assimilate food substances.

2. Biochemistry To undergo decomposition, especially by the action of enzymes or bacteria.

3. Chemistry To undergo exposure to heat, liquids, or chemical agents.

n. (dī′jĕst′)

1. A collection of previously published material, such as articles, essays, or reports, usually in edited or condensed form.

2. Law A systematic arrangement of abstracts from court decisions designed to simplify the locating of relevant case law.

3. A periodical containing literary abridgments or other condensed works.

4. Digest See pandect.

5. A product of biochemical digestion: purifying the peptides in a digest.

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[Middle English digesten, from Latin dīgerere, dīgest-, to separate, arrange : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + gerere, to carry. N., from Latin dīgesta, neuter pl. of dīgestus, past participle of dīgerere, to separate.]

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digest

vb

1. (Physiology) to subject (food) to a process of digestion

2. (Psychology) (tr) to assimilate mentally

3. (Chemistry) chem to soften or disintegrate or be softened or disintegrated by the action of heat, moisture, or chemicals; decompose

4. (tr) to arrange in a methodical or systematic order; classify

5. (tr) to reduce to a summary

6. (tr) archaic to tolerate

n

7. (Library Science & Bibliography) a comprehensive and systematic compilation of information or material, often condensed

8. (Journalism & Publishing) a magazine, periodical, etc, that summarizes news of current events

9. (Law) a compilation of rules of law based on decided cases

[C14: from Late Latin dīgesta writings grouped under various heads, from Latin dīgerere to divide, from di- apart + gerere to bear]

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Digest

(ˈdaɪdʒɛst)

n

1. (Law) Roman law an arrangement of excerpts from the writings and opinions of eminent lawyers, contained in 50 books compiled by order of Justinian in the sixth century ad

2. (Historical Terms) Roman law an arrangement of excerpts from the writings and opinions of eminent lawyers, contained in 50 books compiled by order of Justinian in the sixth century ad

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di•gest

(v. dɪˈdʒɛst, daɪ-; n. ˈdaɪ dʒɛst)

v.t.

1. to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into a form that can be assimilated by the body.

2. to promote the digestion of (food).

3. to obtain ideas or meaning from; assimilate mentally: to digest an article on nuclear energy.

4. to think over; ponder.

5. to bear with patience; endure.

6. to arrange in convenient or methodical order; reduce to a system; classify.

7. to condense, abridge, or summarize.

8. to soften or disintegrate (a substance), as by moisture, heat, or chemical action.

v.i.

9. to digest food.

10. to undergo digestion.

n.

11. a collection or compendium, as of literary or scientific matter, esp. when classified or condensed.

12. a systematic abstract of some body of law.

[1350–1400; (v.) Middle English < Latin dīgestus, past participle of dīgerere to disperse =dī- di-² + gerere to carry; (n.) Middle English: collection of laws < Latin dīgesta, neuter pl. of dīgestus]

di•gest′ed•ly, adv.

di•gest′ed•ness, n.

syn: See summary.

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Digest

 a condensed or digested collection of fiction or of statements or information.

Examples: digest of laws, 1626; of scriptural text, 1825.

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digest

Past participle: digested
Gerund: digesting

Imperative

digest

digest

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	digest - a periodical that summarizes the news periodical - a publication that appears at fixed intervals
	2.	digest - something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) compilation compendium, collection - a publication containing a variety of works
Verb	1.	digest - convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products" digest - become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few hours" process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill" stomach - bear to eat; "He cannot stomach raw fish" predigest - digest (food) beforehand
	2.	digest - arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information" apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
	3.	digest - 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" brook, endure, tolerate, abide, stomach, bear, stick out, suffer, put up, stand, support live with, swallow, accept - tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" hold still for, stand for - tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!" bear up - endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain" take lying down - suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won't take this insult lying down" take a joke - listen to a joke at one's own expense; "Can't you take a joke?" sit out - endure to the end pay - bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" suffer - experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
	4.	digest - become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few hours" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" digest - convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products"
	5.	digest - systematize, as by classifying and summarizing; "the government digested the entire law into a code" systematise, systematize, systemise, systemize - arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"
	6.	digest - soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture digest - soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
	7.	digest - make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" condense, concentrate abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate - put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" telescope - make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
	8.	digest - soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture decompose, break down, break up - separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts digest - soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture

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digest

verb

1. ingest, absorb, incorporate, dissolve, assimilate She couldn't digest food properly.

2. take in, master, absorb, grasp, drink in, soak up, devour, assimilate She read everything, digesting every fragment of news.

noun

1. summary, résumé, abstract, epitome, condensation, compendium, synopsis, précis, abridgment a regular digest of environmental statistics

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digest

verb

To take in and incorporate, especially mentally:

absorb, assimilate, imbibe, take up.

Informal: soak (up).

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Translations

مُلَخَّص، مُخْتَصَريَسْتَوْعِب، يَفْهَميَهْضُميَهْضِمُ

trávitvyrovnat sepřehledstrávit

fordøjereferatresumésammendrag

verdauenVerdauungKurznachrichtenverarbeiten

χωνεύω

digerirresumenasimilar

annostellajärjestelläluokitellasulaasulattaa

digérerdigesteabrégé

probaviti

megemészttömör kivonat

meltamelta , velta fyrir sér

digerireriassuntotollerareraccoltariassumere

消化する

소화하다

suvirškintivirškinamasvirškinantisvirškinimasvirškinti

aptvertizprastsagremot

verteren

fordøyela synke ned

przetrawić

digerir

переваривать

prebaviti

smälta

ย่อย

sindirmekdeğerlendirmeközet

tiêu hóa

消化领会摘要

digest

A. [daɪˈdʒest] VT

1. [+ food] → digerir
easy to digest → fácil de digerir

2. (= assimilate) [+ information, news] → asimilar, digerir

3. (= summarize) → resumir

B. [daɪˈdʒest] VI → digerir

C. [ˈdaɪdʒest] N

1. (= summary) → resumen m

2. (= journal) → boletín m

3. (Jur) → digesto m, recopilación f de leyes

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digest

[dɪˈdʒɛst daɪˈdʒɛst]

vt

[+ food] → digérer

(= take in) [+ news, information] → digérer

vi [food] → se digérer

[ˈdaɪdʒɛst] n (= collection) → sommaire m, résumé m

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digest

vt (lit, fig) → verdauen

vi → verdauen

n

(of book, facts) → Digest m or nt, → Auswahl f

(Jur) → Gesetzessammlung f

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digest

[vb daɪˈdʒɛst; n ˈdaɪdʒɛst]

1. vt → digerire; (information) → assimilare
it is easily digested (food) → è facilmente digeribile

2. vi → digerirsi

3. n (summary) → compendio

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digest

(daiˈdʒest) verb

1. to break up (food) in the stomach etc and turn it into a form which the body can use. The invalid had to have food that was easy to digest. verteer يَهْضُم смилам digerir strávit verdauen fordøje χωνεύωdigerir seedima هضم کردن sulattaa digérer לְעַכֵּל पचाना probaviti megemészt (ételt) mencernakan melta digerire 消化する 소화하다 virškinti sagremot hadam verterenfordøyetrawić هضمول digerir a digera переваривать stráviť prebaviti svariti smälta ย่อยอาหาร sindirmek 消化 перетравлювати ہضم کرنا tiêu hóa 消化

2. to take in and think over (information etc). It took me some minutes to digest what he had said. verwerk, oordink يَسْتَوْعِب، يَفْهَم възприемам assimilar strávit, vyrovnat se (s) verdauen fordøje; tænke over χωνεύω, κατανοώdigerir, asimilar seedima فهمیدن؛ دریافتن sulattaa digérer, assimiler לִקלוֹט आत्मसात करना promozgati megemészt (olvasmányt) memikirkan melta (andlega), velta fyrir sér digerire 会得する 숙고하다 suvokti, suvirškinti aptvert; izprast memahami verwerkenfordøye, tilegne seg, la synke ned przyswajać sobie پوهیدل assimilar a înţelege, a digera усваивать zvyknúť si (na) preudariti savladati smälta เข้าใจ değerlendirmek 領會 обдумувати, обмірковувати اچھی طرح ذہن نشین کرنا hiểu 领会

noun

summary; brief account. a digest of the week's news. opsomming مُلَخَّص، مُخْتَصَر резюме resumo přehled die Kurznachrichten resumé; sammendrag; referat περίληψη, σύντομη ανασκόπηση resumen kokkuvõte خلاصه؛ چکیده yhteenveto digestסיכום पत्रिका sažeti sadržaj, pregled tömör kivonat ringkasan riassunto 要約 요약 santrauka īss izklāsts; apskats ringkasan samenvattingstreszczenie خلاصه резюме prehľad, výber izvleček kratak prikaz sammandrag บทสรุป özet 摘要 стислий виклад; резюме مختصر صورت bài tường thuật ngắn gọn 摘要

diˈgestible adjective

able to be digested. This food is scarcely digestible. verteerbaar قابِل للهَضْم смилаем digerível stravitelný bekömmlich fordøjelig εύπεπτοςdigerible seeduv زود هضم؛ قابل هضم sulava digestible נִיתָן לְעִיכּוּל पचनीय, सुपाच्य probavljiv emészthető bisa dicernakan meltanlegur digeribile 消化する 소화가 잘 되는, 요약하기 쉬운 virškinamas sagremojams; (viegli) aptverams mudah hadam verteerbaarfordøyelig strawny زود هضمه digerível comestibil удобоваримый stráviteľný prebavljiv svarljiv smältbar ซึ่งย่อยแล้ว sindirilebilir 可消化的 такий, що легко засвоюється انہضام پزیر có thể tiêu hóa được 可消化的

diˈgestion (-tʃən) noun

1. the act of digesting food. spysvertering هَضْم храносмилане digestão trávení die Verdauung fordøjelse πέψη, χώνεψηdigestión seedimine هضم ruoan sulattaminen digestionעיכול पाचन probava megemésztés pencernaan melting digestione 消化 소화 virškinimas gremošana penghadaman het verteren fordøyelse, fordøyingtrawienie هضم digestão digestie пищеварение trávenie prebavljanje varenje matsmältning การย่อยอาหาร sindirme 消化 травлення کھانے کو ہضم کرنے کا عمل sự tiêu hóa 消化

2. the ability of one's body to digest food. poor digestion. spysvertering, digestie قُدْرَه على الهَضْم храносмилане digestão zažívání die Verdauung fordøjelse πέψηdigestión seedimisvõime هاضمه ruoansulatus digestionעיכול पाचन शक्ति, हाजमा probavljivost emésztés pencernaan meltingarstarfsemi digestione 消化力 소화력 virškinimas gremošana pencernaan spijsverteringfordøyelsetrawienie هاضمه digestão digestie пищеварение trávenie prebava probava matsmältning ความสามารถในการย่อยอาหาร sindirim 消化力 засвоєння کھانا ہضم کرنے کی صلاحیت khả năng tiêu hóa thức ăn 消化力

diˈgestive (-tiv) adjective

of digestion. the human digestive system. spysverteringagtig هَضْمي усвояване digestivo zažívací Verdauungs-... fordøjelsessystem; fordøjelses- πεπτικόςdigestivo seede- گوارشی؛ هاضمه ruoansulatus- digestif מַעֲרֶכֶת הָעִיכּוּל पाचक probavljiv emésztő(rendszer) tentang pencernaan meltingar- digestivo 消化の 소화의, 소화력이 있는 virškinimo, virškinantis gremošanas- berkenaan penghadaman spijsverterings-fordøyelses- trawienny هاضمه،معده digestivo digestiv пищеварительный tráviaci prebaven probavni matsmältnings- เกี่ยวกับการย่อยอาหาร sindirim 消化的 травний; такий, що сприяє травленню ہاضمہ سے متعلق thuộc sự tiêu hóa 消化的

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digest

→ يَهْضِمُ trávit fordøje verdauen χωνεύω digerir sulattaa ruoka digérer probaviti digerire 消化する 소화하다 verteren fordøye przetrawić digerir переваривать smälta ย่อย sindirmek tiêu hóa 消化

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di·gest

v. digerir.

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digest

vt digerir

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