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digest

/daɪˈdʒɛst/ /ˈdaɪdʒəst/

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verb

To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.

Examples :

"to digest laws"

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To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.

Examples :

"The body digests the food we eat, breaking it down into nutrients the body can use. "

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To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.

Examples :

"Before making a presentation, Sarah had to digest all the information she'd gathered. "

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To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.

Examples :

"My brother could digest the news of his failing grade more easily than I could. "

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To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.

Examples :

"The scientist carefully digested the sample in the lab to prepare it for the experiment. "

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To undergo digestion.

Examples :

"The large meal took several hours to digest. "

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To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.

Examples :

"The infected blister on my hand began to digest, producing a yellow pus. "

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To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound.

Examples :

"The infected cut on her hand began to digest, forming a painful pus-filled boil. "

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To ripen; to mature.

Examples :

"The new student needed time to digest the information from the first few weeks of school. "

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To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief)

Examples :

"After the argument, Sarah tried to digest her anger before talking to her brother. "

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noun

That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles

Examples :

"The student's digest of information from the history textbook was a well-organized collection of key events and dates. "

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A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.

Examples :

"The law school's digest of recent court cases helped students understand the current legal trends. "

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Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings.

Examples :

"The school's weekly digest of student announcements included information about upcoming events and deadlines. "

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noun

The result of applying a hash function to a message.

Examples :

"The digest of my essay was a short, 128-bit string. "

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