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. — xtofu80
Сыр нелегко переварить. — sharptoothed
Сыр трудноусвояем. — sharptoothed
Сир не перетравлюється легко. — sakhnik
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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. — sakhnik
ruСыр нелегко переварить. — sharptoothed
deKäse ist nicht einfach zu verdauen. — xtofu80
Rice gruel is easy to digest.
ruРисовая каша легко переваривается. — odexed
Chew your food well so it can be digested properly.
ruХорошо пережёвывай пищу, чтобы она нормально усваивалась. — Hellerick
I know it's a lot to digest.
Wine helps digest food.
ruВино способствует пищеварению. — ae5s
deWein fördert die Verdauung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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