Digest - Definition
digest
n 1: a periodical that summarizes the news
2: something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
[syn: compilation, digest]
v 1: convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest
milk products"
2: arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this
information"
3: 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"
[syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear,
stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer,
put up]
4: become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few
hours"
5: systematize, as by classifying and summarizing; "the
government digested the entire law into a code"
6: soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or
moisture
7: make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a
summary" [syn: digest, condense, concentrate]
8: soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or
moisture