di·gest〔, a〕〔L 「따로따로 나르다」의 뜻에서〕 vt.
1 소화하다;<약·포도주가 음식의> 소화를 돕다[촉진하다]
food easy to digest 소화가 잘되는 음식
2 <지식 등을> 잘 이해하다, 터득하다;<의미를> 음미하다, 잘 새기다;숙고하다;<새 영토 등을> 동화시키다
digest the poem 그 시를 음미하다
3 간추리다, 요약하다;정리[분류]하다
4【화학】 증해(蒸解)[침지(浸漬)]하다;쪄서 부드럽게 하다
5 참다, 견디다
━ vi. <음식물이> 소화되다, 삭다;【화학】 증해되다
《digest+부》 This food digests well[ill]. 이 음식은 소화가 잘[안] 된다.
━ [] n.
1 요약, 적요;(문학 작품 등의) 개요
2 (법령의) 요람, 집성;[the Digest] 유스티니안 법전
3【생화학】 소화물(消化物)
▷ digstion n.;digstive a.
digest (digests, digesting, digested)
The verb is pronounced dadest. The noun is pronounced dadest.
1. VERB
When food digests or when you digest it, it passes through your body to your stomach. Your stomach removes the substances that your body needs and gets rid of the rest.
Do not undertake strenuous exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest.
She couldn't digest food properly.
Nutrients from the digested food can be absorbed into the blood.
2. VERB
If you digest information, you think about it carefully so that you understand it.
They learn well but seem to need time to digest information.
3. VERB
If you digest some unpleasant news, you think about it until you are able to accept it and know how to deal with it.
All this has upset me. I need time to digest it all.
4. N-COUNT
A digest is a collection of pieces of writing. They are published together in a shorter form than they were originally published.
the Middle East Economic Digest.