Antonyms for digest
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : verb dih-jest, dahy-; noun dahy-jest |
Phonetic Transcription : verb dɪˈdʒɛst, daɪ-; noun ˈdaɪ dʒɛst |
Definition of digest
Origin :- "collection of writing," late 14c., from Latin digesta, from neuter plural of digestus, literally "digested thing," noun use of past participle of digerere "to separate, divide, arrange," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + gerere "to carry" (see gest).
- noun abridgement of something written
- verb assimilate food
- verb make shorter; abridge
- verb come to understand
- verb tolerate, endure
- As to their clients, that is another thing; God knows they have much to digest!
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- Well, great masters, if you swallow me, you may not digest me.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- O, worshippers of heavy incapacity, take and digest it if you can.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- It cannot digest itself; it cannot of its own accord turn into bone and muscle and blood.
- Extract from : « The Child and the Curriculum » by John Dewey
- A pint a day was his daily ration, the only nourishment he could digest.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- I can say the same of the Roman laws, contained in the Digest.
- Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
- He remained for a long while watching, watching, and striving to digest the signs he beheld.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- But you need also partly to dissolve the food to have it digest well.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
- But hunger will whet his appetite for anything that his bowels can digest.
- Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
- There was a good deal to sign and a good deal to digest, and a good deal that was of no importance whatsoever.
- Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay
Synonyms for digest
- abbreviate
- abide
- absorb
- abstract
- analyze
- aperçu
- assimilate
- bear
- boil down
- brief
- brook
- chymify
- classify
- codify
- compendium
- compress
- condensation
- condense
- consider
- consume
- contemplate
- cut
- cut down
- cut to bone
- decrease
- deliberate
- dissolve
- eat
- epitome
- epitomize
- get to the meat
- go
- grasp
- incorporate
- inventory
- macerate
- master
- meditate
- methodize
- nutshell
- pandect
- ponder
- précis
- put in a nutshell
- reduce
- résumé
- short form
- shorten
- sketch
- stand
- stomach
- study
- sum
- sum up
- summarize
- summary
- summate
- survey
- swallow
- syllabus
- sylloge
- synopsis
- synopsize
- systematize
- tabulate
- take
- take in
- think about
- think over
- trim
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