digest
digested; digesting; digests
When your stomach breaks down food, it digests it. To digest is to process food so it can be absorbed into the body or information so the mind can absorb it.
If you tell your mother some bad news, like say, that you failed your math test after studying so hard, she might say, "Let me take a moment to digest that information." She's not going to swallow the paper and let her stomach do the work. Instead, she's going to take a moment to sit with the news and understand it. As a noun, a digest is a magazine that breaks down information into understandable summaries.
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convert food into absorbable substances
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become assimilated into the body“Protein digests in a few hours”
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change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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change
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soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
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break down, break up, decompose, degrade
separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
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break down, break up, decompose, degrade
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soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
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disintegrate
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
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disintegrate
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arrange and integrate in the mind“I cannot digest all this information”
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process
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apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy
understand or perceive the meaning of something
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apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy
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systematize, as by classifying and summarizing“the government digested the entire law into a code”
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systematise, systematize, systemise, systemize
arrange according to a system or reduce to a system
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systematise, systematize, systemise, systemize
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make more concise
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concentrate, condense
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capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate
put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
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telescope
make smaller or shorter
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abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
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capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate
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something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
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compilation
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collection, compendium
a publication containing a variety of works
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collection, compendium
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a periodical that summarizes the news
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periodical
a publication that appears at fixed intervals
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periodical
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put up with something or somebody unpleasant
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suffer
experience (emotional) pain
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- show 8 types...
- hide 8 types...
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accept, live with, swallow
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
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hold still for, stand for
tolerate or bear
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bear up
endure cheerfully
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take lying down
suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively
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take a joke
listen to a joke at one's own expense
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sit out
endure to the end
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pay
bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
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get one's lumps, take one's lumps
suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions
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allow, countenance, let, permit
consent to, give permission
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suffer
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