digest
1. a periodical that summarizes the news
• Hypernyms:
periodical
2. something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
• Syn:
compilation
• Derivationally related forms:
compile (for: compilation)
• Hypernyms:
collection, compendium
1. convert food into absorbable substances (Freq. 1)
- I cannot digest milk products
• Derivationally related forms:
digestible, digestive, digestion, digester
• Hypernyms:
process, treat
• Hyponyms:
stomach, predigest
• Entailment:
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- The chefs digest the vegetables
2. arrange and integrate in the mind (Freq. 1)
- I cannot digest all this information
• Derivationally related forms:
digestion
• Hypernyms:
grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig,
grasp, compass, apprehend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Sam and Sue digest the movie
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:
endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand,
tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
• Derivationally related forms:
sufferance (for: suffer), abidance (for: abide), tolerant (for: tolerate), toleration (for: tolerate), tolerance (for: tolerate), bearable (for: bear), endurance (for: endure)
• Hypernyms:
permit, allow, let, countenance
• Hyponyms:
accept, live with, swallow, stand for, hold still for,
bear up, take lying down, take a joke, sit out, pay
• Verb Group:
suffer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP (for: put up)
4. become assimilated into the body
- Protein digests in a few hours
• Derivationally related forms:
digestible, digestive
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
- the government digested the entire law into a code
• Hypernyms:
systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
• Hypernyms:
disintegrate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
7. make more concise
- condense the contents of a book into a summary
• Syn:
condense, concentrate
• Derivationally related forms:
concentration (for: concentrate), condenser (for: condense), condensation (for: condense)
• Hypernyms:
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut,
contract, reduce
• Hyponyms:
encapsulate, capsule, capsulize, capsulise, telescope
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
8. soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
• Derivationally related forms:
digestion
• Hypernyms:
decompose, break up, break down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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