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digest
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[ verb ] arrange and integrate in the mind
Examples "I cannot digest all this information" Used in print (Anne McCaffrey, "The Ship Who Sang," 7th...)If the investigation committee spent months digesting the thoughtful food served them at the Laboratory_School , they left Helva with a morsel as_well . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (food) convert food into absorbable substances
Examples "I cannot digest milk products" Used in print (Ann Ritner, Seize a Nettle....)She stopped flying into rages and started digesting her food ; she developed a peaches and cream complexion and a sunny disposition , and she asked for nothing more of life than that she be kept dry and comfortable and fed huge amounts of food at stated intervals and be carried to where she could watch activity going_on around her . |
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[ verb ] make more concise
Synonyms Examples "condense the contents of a book into a summary" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (writing) a periodical that summarizes the news
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[ verb ] become assimilated into the body
Examples "Protein digests in a few hours" Related terms |
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[ verb ] systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
Examples "the government digested the entire law into a code" Related terms |
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[ verb ] soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
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[ verb ] put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Examples "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" Related terms permit take pay accept stand_for bear_up take_lying_down take_a_joke sit_out suffer endurance tolerance toleration |
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[ noun ] (writing) something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
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