Synonyms for digestion
dɪˈdʒɛs tʃən, daɪ-di·ges·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. digestionnoun

   the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat

2. digestionnoun

   the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body

3. digestionnoun

   learning and coming to understand ideas and information

   "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion"

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1. • Chemical Process
   • Learning
   • Organic Process

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1. digestionnoun

   Synonyms:
   methodizing, digesting, classifying

2. digestionnoun

   Synonyms:
   conversion of food into chyme

3. digestionnoun

   Synonyms:
   macerating, maceration, steeping

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1. digestionnoun

   Synonyms:
   eupepsia

   Antonyms:
   indigestion, dyspepsia

   Associated words:
   peptics, pepsin, peptic, pepticity, chyme, chyle, digestible, digestibility, indigestible, indigestibility

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1. List of paraphrases for "digestion":

   digestive, digester, digest, fermentation

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1. David Cockfield:

   We're in a digestion stage. These are big moves on the part of the central banks, i'm relatively positive on the long-term outlook.

2. Shawn Khodadadian:

   Although stomach gurgling can be completely normal and part of healthy digestion, if accompanied by symptoms, this should be looked into a little bit closer, for example, excessive gurgling together with cramping, abdominal pain and possibly nausea and vomiting may be a sign of an obstruction in the bowels.

3. William Ja:

   For me, the interesting question is, if you believe food coma is a real phenomenon and happens not only in flies, but in mammals and people too, then it must serve some important biological function, maybe it's just for good digestion. Or maybe running around with a stomach full of food is just horribly damaging for your gut.

4. Christy Oglesby -LRB- right -RRB-:

   The Netflix original series probably takes us close to an hour to watch a 30-minute episode, the Netflix original series's because of you explaining what mise-en-scène means( The Netflix original series's French for' to place in the frame,' and it means that everything in the frame has significance) ; how a specific shot correlates to one of' The Karate Kid ' movies, us dissecting the dialogue ; and me ranting about the angsty unnecessary mistakes of teenagers, both of us loving a camera angle or shot composition and rewinding to watch it three times. Our binging is more like really slow consumption and digestion.

5. J. W. Alexander:

   There are pauses amidst study, and even pauses of seeming idleness, in which a process goes on which may be likened to the digestion of food. In those seasons of repose, the powers are gathering their strength for new efforts; as land which lies fallow recovers itself for tillage.