Digest Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of DIGEST

1

:

to change (food that you have eaten) by a biological process into simpler forms that can be used by the body

[+ object]

• He has trouble digesting certain foods.
• an easily digested protein

[no object]

• Soft-boiled eggs digest easily.

2

[+ object]

:

to think over and try to understand (news, information, etc.)

• It will take me a while to digest this news.

— digestible

/daɪˈʤɛstəbəl/

adjective

[more digestible; most digestible]

• easily digestible foods

— digestibility

/daɪˌʤɛstəˈbɪləti/

noun

[noncount]

Britannica Dictionary definition of DIGEST

[count]

:

information or a piece of writing that has been made shorter

• a digest of the laws

◊ Digest is often used in the names of magazines, such as “Reader's Digest” and “Architectural Digest.”