Meaning & Definition of Digest in English

1. A periodical that summarizes the news

2. Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)

1. Convert food into absorbable substances

• "I cannot digest milk products"

2. Arrange and integrate in the mind

• "I cannot digest all this information"

3. 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"

4. Become assimilated into the body

• "Protein digests in a few hours"

5. Systematize, as by classifying and summarizing

• "The government digested the entire law into a code"

6. Soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture

7. Make more concise

• "Condense the contents of a book into a summary"

8. Soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture