1. to break down food in the stomach and intestines so the body can use it
2. to think about and understand information completely

1. a collection of writings or information arranged in a shortened form

Examples

• It takes several hours to digest a large meal.
• Some people have trouble digesting dairy products.
• I need time to digest all this new information.
• The students struggled to digest the complex theory.
• She read the news digest every morning.
• The magazine published a digest of the year’s best articles.
• The legal digest contained summaries of important court cases.