- 1[transitive, intransitive] digest (something) when you digest food, or it digests, it is changed into substances that your body can use Humans cannot digest plants such as grass. You should allow a little time after a meal for the food to digest.
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- 2[transitive] digest something to think about something so that you fully understand it He paused, waiting for her to digest the information.
digest
verbNAmE//daɪˈdʒɛst//, NAmE//dɪˈdʒɛst//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they digest ,
he / she / it digests ,
past simple digested ,
-ing form digesting ,
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