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digesting

/daɪˈdʒɛstɪŋ/ /dɪˈdʒɛstɪŋ/

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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 :

"My stomach is actively digesting the sandwich I ate for lunch. "

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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 :

"After the long lecture, I spent the afternoon digesting the complex information and trying to organize it into a study guide. "

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

Examples :

"He is still digesting the news of his job loss. "

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

Examples :

"The chemist was digesting the solution in a warm water bath to help the reaction proceed faster. "

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To undergo digestion.

Examples :

"My body is busy digesting the pizza I ate for dinner. "

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To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.

Examples :

"The doctor explained that the wound wasn't healing well because it was digesting, forming pus beneath the skin. "

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

Examples :

"The doctor worried the deep wound was digesting, which meant he needed to clean it thoroughly to prevent further infection. "

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To ripen; to mature.

Examples :

"The new student is slowly digesting the school's rules and regulations. "

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

Examples :

"After the argument with her brother, Maria spent the afternoon quietly digesting her anger. "