digest
verb
• break down (food) in the alimentary canal into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body.
• understand or assimilate (information) by a period of reflection.
• "Leonora digested this piece of news with mixed feelings"
Similar:
assimilate,
absorb,
take in,
understand,
comprehend,
grasp,
master,
learn,
familiarize oneself with,
consider,
think about,
contemplate,
mull over,
chew over,
weigh up,
reflect on,
ponder,
meditate on,
study,
get,
get the hang of,
pick up,
get clued up about,
get the point of,
digest
noun
• a compilation or summary of material or information.
• "a digest of their findings"
• a substance or mixture obtained by digestion.
• "a digest of cloned DNA"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin digest- ‘distributed, dissolved, digested’, from the verb digerere, from di- ‘apart’ + gerere ‘carry’; the noun from Latin digesta ‘matters methodically arranged’, from digestus ‘divided’, from digerere .
