verb
- converting food and other substances into energy and materials the body can use
Usage: present participle of metabolise (British spelling); American spelling is metabolizing
Examples
- The body is metabolising the nutrients from the meal.
- Different people metabolise caffeine at different rates.
- Plants are metabolising sunlight into chemical energy.
- Your liver is responsible for metabolising many drugs.
- Athletes focus on metabolising carbohydrates efficiently during exercise.