digest1 verbdigest2 noun
digestdi‧gest1 /daɪˈdʒest, də-/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINdigest1
Verb TableOrigin:
1300-1400 Latin digestus, past participle of digerere ‘to carry apart, arrange, digest’VERB TABLE
digest
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | digest |
| he, she, it | digests | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | digested |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have digested |
| he, she, it | has digested | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had digested |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will digest |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have digested |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am digesting |
| he, she, it | is digesting | |
| you, we, they | are digesting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was digesting |
| you, we, they | were digesting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been digesting |
| he, she, it | has been digesting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been digesting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be digesting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been digesting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- By the end of the day, I had a lot of new information to digest.
- It took a while to digest the theory.
- Some babies can't digest cow's milk.
- The pub went silent as the villagers digested the news.
- You shouldn't go swimming until your food has had a chance to digest.
- Athletes such as Boris Becker are fans of the fruit because it is easily digested to provide an instant energy high.
- He could describe how insects digest food and how thunderstorms happened.
- In the most organic, visceral way possible they now felt bonded with utter intimacy to their Chapter, digested by it.
- Pasta contains complex carbohydrates so takes time to be digested.
- The volume of documentation that must be digested is staggering.
- They need time to digest radical change, otherwise their immediate reaction is negative.
- Whole grains are higher in fiber than processed grains, making them harder to digest.
- Yogurt is a good source of calcium for anyone, but especially good for people who have trouble digesting milk.
Longman Language Activatorto understand new facts after studying them► digest
Collocations to understand new information, especially when there is a large amount of it or when it is difficult to understand, by thinking about it carefully for a fairly long time: · The pub went silent as the villagers digested the news.· By the end of the day, I had a lot of new information to digest.
► take in to understand and remember new facts or information: take something in: · I'm not going to my next class. I'm too tired to take anything in.take in what/why/how etc: · I don't think she really took in what I was telling her.take in something: · She listened attentively, taking in every word he said and asking questions.
► absorb to understand a large amount of new information: · Most people need to read something more than once to absorb all the ideas.· He appeared to understand, but whether he absorbed every detail I cannot say.· A new baby has an enormous capacity for absorbing new information.
► assimilate to understand and use new information or ideas quickly and easily: · The person we are looking for must be flexible, creative, and able to assimilate new ideas.· When a child is learning something new, they try to assimilate it in terms of what they already know.
► sink in if a fact, information etc sinks in , you gradually understand it: · He paused to let this news sink in.· I've been revising all day but I don't think much of it has sunk in.
WORD SETS► Biologyaerobic, adjectiveafterbirth, nounalgae, nounalimentary canal, nounamber, nounameba, nounamino acid, nounamoeba, nounanaconda, nounanaerobic, adjectiveandrogynous, adjectiveantibody, nounantigen, nounantitoxin, nounappendage, nounarm, nounarmour, nounasexual, adjectiveassimilation, nounatrophy, verbaviary, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounbarnacle, nounbile, nounbinocular vision, nounbio-, prefixbiochemistry, nounbiodegradable, adjectivebiodiversity, nounbiohazard, nounbiological, adjectivebiological clock, nounbiology, nounbiomass, nounbiome, nounbiosphere, nounblind, nounbrain, nounbreathe, verbbreed, verbbreed, nounbreeding, nounbristle, nounbulb, nouncapsule, nouncarbohydrate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarnivore, nouncell, nouncellular, adjectivecellulose, nouncentral nervous system, nouncervical, adjectivecholesterol, nounchromosome, nouncirculation, nouncirculatory, adjectiveclass, nounclone, nouncold-blooded, adjectiveconceive, verbconch, nounconnective tissue, nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► digest food
1to change food that you have just eaten into substances that your body can use: · Aphids have bacteria in their guts that help them digest food.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► food· The aphids, in turn, have bacteria in their guts that help them digest food.· Eating and digesting food releases many hormones into the bloodstream.· The parent partially digests food in its crop.· He could describe how insects digest food and how thunderstorms happened.· We may not be able to digest foods as easily as we once could.
► information· Ramsay had barely digested this sorry information when he learned more.· I can't digest this information.
► time· You have time to digest the unexpected worm, as they say about early birds!· They say Time Warner, which has been roiled by management changes, will have a tough time digesting Turner.· They need time to digest radical change, otherwise their immediate reaction is negative.· Pasta contains complex carbohydrates so takes time to be digested.· She needed time to digest the idea of Bridget and Geoffrey having been lovers, even for a short period.· Society has taken its time to digest the realities.· The gizzard-stone treatment meant that food took a long time to digest.
Most babies can digest a wide range of food easily. → ingest2to understand new information, especially when there is a lot of it or it is difficult to understand SYN take in: I struggled to digest the news.digest1 verbdigest2 noun
digestdi‧gest2 /ˈdaɪdʒest/ noun [countable] ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- If you'd rather receive your mail in large batches than have it trickle through, request a digest where available.
- Many of these works contain important statistical material, but there exist also many purely statistical digests and collections.
- Most providers provide archive and digest service for the customer mailing list.
- The figures came in Social Trends, the official annual digest of facts and figures about life in Britain.
WORD SETS► Literature
Collocationsacrostic, nounadapt, verballiteration, nounanagram, nounannual, nounanthology, nounantihero, nounapologia, nounappendix, nounassonance, nounauthorship, nounautobiography, nounballad, nounbard, nounbathos, nounbiography, nounblank verse, nounbowdlerize, verbburlesque, nouncaesura, nouncameo, nouncanon, nouncanto, nouncaricature, nounchapter, nouncharacterization, nouncitation, nounclimax, nounclimax, verbcoda, nouncollected, adjectiveconceit, nouncorpus, nouncouplet, nouncritique, noundactyl, noundeclamatory, adjectivedeconstruction, noundense, adjectivedevice, noundialogue, noundiarist, noundiction, noundigest, noundoggerel, noundraft, noundraft, verbdrama, noundub, nounelegy, nounending, nounepic, adjectiveepigram, nounepilogue, nounepistolary, adjectiveepitaph, nounessay, nounessayist, nouneulogy, nounexegesis, nounfable, nounfairy tale, nounfantasy, nounfiction, nounfictional, adjectivefirst edition, nounfirst person, nounflashback, nounflorid, adjectiveflowery, adjectivefolk, adjectiveforeword, nounformulaic, adjectivefree verse, nounghost story, nounGothic, adjectivegrandiloquent, adjectivehaiku, nounheroic, adjectiveheroic couplet, nounhexameter, nounhumorist, nounhyperbole, nouniamb, nouniambic pentameter, nounimage, nounimagery, nouninformal, adjectiveingénue, nouninstalment, nounirony, nounjournal, nounlay, nounlimerick, nounlit., literary, adjectiveliterature, nounlyric, adjectivelyric, nounlyrical, adjectivelyricism, nounman of letters, nounmanuscript, nounmetaphor, nounmetaphorical, adjectivemetre, nounmetrical, adjectivemonologue, nounnarrative, nounnarrator, nounnaturalism, nounnaturalistic, adjectivenom de plume, nounnovel, nounnovelist, nounnovella, nounnursery rhyme, nounode, nounonomatopoeia, nounpadding, nounpaean, nounparagraph, nounparaphrase, verbparaphrase, nounparenthetical, adjectivepassage, nounpathetic fallacy, nounpen name, nounpentameter, nounperiphrasis, nounperoration, nounpicaresque, adjectiveplaywright, nounplot, nounpoem, nounpoet, nounpoetess, nounpoetic, adjectivepoetic licence, nounpoet laureate, nounpoetry, nounpolemic, nounpolemical, adjectivepotboiler, nounprécis, nounpreface, nounprefatory, adjectiveprologue, nounprose, nounprosody, nounprotagonist, nounpseudonym, nounpulp, nounquatrain, nounquotation, nounquote, verbreading, nounrecite, verbrendition, nounrevise, verbrevision, nounrhetoric, nounrhyme, nounrhyme, verbromance, nounsaga, nounsatire, nounsatirist, nounscience fiction, nounscribbler, nounscript, nounself-portrait, nounSF, Shakespearean, adjectiveshort story, nounsimile, nounsoliloquy, nounsonnet, nounstanza, nounstilted, adjectivestory, nounstream of consciousness, nounstylist, nounsubplot, nounsubtitle, nounsuperhero, nounsurrealism, nounsurrealistic, adjectivesynopsis, nountailpiece, nountale, nountalking book, nountearjerker, nountext, nountextual, adjectivetexture, nountheme, nounthriller, nountitle, nountragedian, nountragedy, nountragic, adjectivetragicomedy, nountrope, nounturgid, adjectiveunabridged, adjectiveverse, nounvignette, nounvolume, nounweepy, nounwell-turned, adjectivewhodunit, nounwriter, nounwriter's block, nounyarn, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► digest food
a short piece of writing that gives the most important facts from a book, report etc· Aphids have bacteria in their guts that help them digest food.