Meaning

2 senses
  1. A substance that aids digestion.

    any substance that promotes digestion

  2. (Canada, Ireland, UK)A digestive biscuit.

    I bought a packet of chocolate digestives.

    I made a mistake and bought plain digestives instead of chocolate ones.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. My digestive system is highly active.

  2. Dates help your digestive system work better.

  3. Your digestive system is as long as a bus.

  4. The mouth is part of an animal's digestive tract.

  5. Millions of beneficial organisms live in the human digestive tract.

    ruВ кишечном тракте человека живут миллионы полезных микроорганизмов. — caponych

    deMillionen nützlicher Organismen leben im menschlichem Verdauungstrakt. — Manfredo

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Old French digestif, from Late Latin dīgestīvus. Doublet of digestif.

From Old French digestif, from Late Latin dīgestīvus. Doublet of digestif.

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Forms

plural: digestives
Singulardigestive
Pluraldigestives

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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