Meaning & use

Digested

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Broke down food in the stomach and intestines for absorption, or thoroughly understood and processed information.

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The meal was fully digested within a few hours.

It took her a while to digest the shocking news.

A note on using this word

Frequently used figuratively to mean mentally processing or understanding complex information.

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Another way to use it

2. verb

Thought over and came to understand something fully.

He needed time to digest the implications of the decision.

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