digest definition

1. a periodical that summarizes the news
2. convert food into absorbable substances
• examples: I cannot digest milk products
3. arrange and integrate in the mind
• examples: I cannot digest all this information
4. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
• examples: I cannot bear his constant criticism
• examples: The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
• examples: he learned to tolerate the heat
• examples: She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
5. become assimilated into the body
• examples: Protein digests in a few hours
6. systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
• examples: the government digested the entire law into a code
7. soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
8. make more concise
• examples: condense the contents of a book into a summary
9. soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture