digest
verb/diʒɨˈɾiɾ/medium
di·ge·rir
Definitions
1To process and break down food in the stomach and intestines, transforming it into substances absorbable by the body.
Some foods are harder to digest.
The stomach began to digest the meal.
syn
Common collocations
digest fooddigest informationhard to digest
2To process mentally; to understand, assimilate, or accept (ideas, information, feelings).
He hasn't yet been able to digest the news.
It takes time to digest all this information.
Common collocations
digest an ideadigest a criticism
Etymology
Do latim 'digĕrere'.