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To break down food in the stomach and intestines so that it can be used by the body.

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Used as a verb, listen here, it means: To break down food in the stomach and intestines so that it can be used by the body. Used as a noun, listen here, it means: a short piece of writing that gives the most important facts from a book, report etc.

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Usage examples (41)
  • Small babies cannot digest solid food.
  • I cannot digest milk products
  • I cannot digest all this information
  • Verb (used with object) : to digest a pamphlet on nuclear waste. ,to digest a plan
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