digest
To distribute or arrange methodicallyTo distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
» Cheese doesn't digest easily.
Käse ist nicht einfach zu verdauen.
Сыр нелегко переварить.
Сыр трудноусвояем.
Сир не перетравлюється легко.
Meaning
11 senses(transitive)To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
to digest laws
ordnen
(transitive)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.
verdauen
перева́риватьperevárivatʹ, перевари́тьperevarítʹ, усва́иватьusváivatʹ
перетра́влюватиperetrávljuvaty, трави́тиtravýty
convert food into absorbable substances
(transitive)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.
überdenken, verdauen
перева́риватьperevárivatʹ, перевари́тьperevarítʹ, усва́иватьusváivatʹ
засво́юватиzasvójuvaty
To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
(transitive)To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
aufschließen
soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
(intransitive)To undergo digestion.
I just ate an omelette and I'm waiting for it to digest.
verdaulich sein
перева́риватьсяperevárivatʹsja, перевари́тьсяperevarítʹsja, усва́иватьсяusváivatʹsja
(transitive)To cut with one or more restriction endonucleases.
(intransitive, obsolete)To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.
(obsolete, transitive)To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound.
(obsolete, transitive)To ripen; to mature.
(obsolete, transitive)To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief).
Examples
51 sentencesCheese doesn't digest easily.
Сир не перетравлюється легко.
ruСыр нелегко переварить.
deKäse ist nicht einfach zu verdauen.
Rice gruel is easy to digest.
ruРисовая каша легко переваривается.
Chew your food well so it can be digested properly.
ruХорошо пережёвывай пищу, чтобы она нормально усваивалась.
I know it's a lot to digest.
Wine helps digest food.
ruВино способствует пищеварению.
deWein fördert die Verdauung.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English digesten, from Latin dīgestus, past participle of dīgerō (“carry apartFrom Middle English digesten, from Latin dīgestus, past participle of dīgerō (“carry apart”), from dī- (for dis- (“apart”)) + gerō (“to carry”), influenced by Middle French digestion. Partly displaced native Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both “to melt, to digest,” whence Modern English melt.
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Forms
digests, digesting, digested, digestedSynonyms
16 synonymsWord family
26 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle