"digesting" in the verb sense

1. digest

convert food into absorbable substances

"I cannot digest milk products"

2. digest

arrange and integrate in the mind

"I cannot digest all this information"

3. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up

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"

4. digest

become assimilated into the body

"Protein digests in a few hours"

5. digest

systematize, as by classifying and summarizing

"the government digested the entire law into a code"

6. digest

soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture

7. digest, condense, concentrate

make more concise

"condense the contents of a book into a summary"

8. digest

soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture

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