verbs
convert food into absorbable substances
"I cannot digest milk products"
verb group
become assimilated into the body
"Protein digests in a few hours"
entails
serve oneself to, or consume regularly
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
is a type of (narrower)
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
"process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
arrange and integrate in the mind
"I cannot digest all this information"
is a type of (narrower)
get the meaning of something
"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
abide,
bear,
brook,
digest,
endure,
put up,
stand,
stick out,
stomach,
suffer,
support,
tolerate
become assimilated into the body
"Protein digests in a few hours"
verb group
convert food into absorbable substances
"I cannot digest milk products"
is a type of (narrower)
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
"She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
"the government digested the entire law into a code"
is a type of (narrower)
arrange according to a system or reduce to a system
"systematize our scientific knowledge"
soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
verb group
soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
is a type of (narrower)
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
"The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
make more concise
"condense the contents of a book into a summary"
soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
verb group
soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
is a type of (narrower)
separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts