1. Convert food into absorbable substances
   "I cannot digest milk products";
   - assimilate
    
2. Become assimilated into the body
   "Protein digests in a few hours"
    
3. Soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
   "The stomach acids digest the food"; "The compost heap digests organic waste"
    
4. Soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
   "The compost will digest the organic matter"
    
5. Arrange and integrate in the mind
   "I cannot digest all this information"
    
6. Extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of something
   "digest the contents of a book into a summary";
   - condense, concentrate, distil [Brit], distill [N. Amer]
    
7. Systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
   "the government digested the entire law into a code"
    
8. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   "The new secretary had to digest a lot of unprofessional remarks";
   - endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up

1. Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
   "The digest of best practices helped new employees quickly learn company procedures";
   - compilation
    
2. A periodical that summarizes the news
   "He subscribed to a weekly news digest to stay informed about current events"

Derived forms: digesting, digested, digests

Type of: abbreviate, abridge, allow, apprehend, break down, break up, change, collection, compass, compendium, comprehend, contract, countenance, cut, decompose, dig [informal], disintegrate, foreshorten, get the picture [informal], grasp, grok [N. Amer, informal], let, periodical, permit, process, reduce, savvy, shorten, systematise [Brit], systematize, systemise [Brit], systemize, treat

Encyclopedia: Digest