digest Definition

digest¹
verb digested, digesting

1. To break down (food) in the stomach, intestine, etc into a form which the body can use.

Thesaurus: eat, consume, ingest, stomach, macerate.
2. Said of food: to be broken down in this way. Compare ingest.
3. To hear and consider the meaning and implications of (information).

Thesaurus: understand, think, ponder, consider, analyse, contemplate, grasp, assimilate, study.
tr & intr
4. chem.
To soften or disintegrate in heat and moisture.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin digerere, digestum to dissolve.

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digest²
noun

1. A collection of summaries or shortened versions of news stories or current literature, etc, usually regularly published.

Thesaurus: compendium, collection, reader.
2. A summary or shortened version.

Thesaurus: summary, synopsis, abbreviation, abridgment, condensation, epitome, abstract, précis.
3. A systematically arranged collection of laws.

Etymology: 14c name given to a collection of Roman Laws: from Latin digerere, digestum to arrange.