digests
Processes after eating
Digests works as both verb and noun around the idea of breaking down and absorbing.
The body digests food, extracting nutrients.
The mind digests information, processing it into understanding: Give me time to digest the news.
A digest is a condensed summary—information broken into manageable form: a weekly news digest, Reader's Digest.
Condensed version of text
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- overviewBroad general summary
- condensedMade more compact
- précisConcise summary of text
outline · recap · abridgment · compendium · roundup · briefing · capsule · epitome
Reaction-speeding proteins
- stomachDigestive organ below chest
- intestinalOf the gut
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- gastricOf the stomach
bile · chyme · peristalsis · amylase · lipase · protease · duodenum · jejunum
Mentally grasps meaning
- absorbsTakes in fully
- processesSeries of actions
- comprehendsMentally takes in
- graspsHolds or comprehends
assimilates · interprets · considers · reflects · contemplates · mulls · ponders · takes in
abstract
Condensed version of text
précis · outline · recap · abridgment · compendium · roundup · briefing · capsule · epitome · shortened
enzymes
Reaction-speeding proteins
- stomachDigestive organ below chest
- intestinalOf the gut
- absorptionProcess of taking in
gastric · bile · chyme · peristalsis · amylase · lipase · protease · duodenum · jejunum · ileum
understands
Mentally grasps meaning
- absorbsTakes in fully
- processesSeries of actions
- comprehendsMentally takes in
grasps · assimilates · interprets · considers · reflects · contemplates · mulls · ponders · takes in · makes sense of
- legal referencesrestatements, treatises, law reviews, hornbooks, legal guides
- lawslaws, statute, ordinance, acts, statutes
- periodicalsmagazines, magazine, newspaper, journals, periodicals
- publicationsbooks, book, newspaper, magazines, magazine
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
- summarizessummarizes, recaps, condenses, abridges, encapsulates
digestsvomits
Forcibly expels stomach contents
regurgitates · rejects · expels · ejects · disgorges
- digestive tractInternal food processing passage
- digestive systemOrgans processing ingested food
- digestive biscuitSlightly sweet wheat cookie
- digestive enzymesFood-processing biological catalysts
- daily digestRecurring summary of news
- readers digestMagazine of abridged articles
digest, digestion, indigestion, digestive, digesting, digested, indigestible, digestive tract, digester