verdauen — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
verdauen is used for these senses in English:
- digest (transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.
- digest (transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
- process (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
digest — full definition
- verb To break food down in the stomach and intestines so the body can absorb its nutrients.
- verb To think over and fully take in information or an idea.
- noun A short summary of longer material, or a periodical made up of such summaries.
process — full definition
- noun A series of steps or actions that lead to a particular result.
- noun In computing, a running instance of a program.
- verb To handle or work through something according to a set method, including data or information.