to digest (food) to understand 7 realizations FAMILY: Indo-European
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme to digest
meaning 1 to digest (food)

Most babies can digest a wide range of food easily.

direction
meaning 2 to understand

I struggled to digest the news.

reference LDOCE
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NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme digérer
meaning 1 to digest (food)

Je digère mal les graisses.


I have trouble digesting fats.

direction
meaning 2 to understand

Il n'a pas digéré ses lectures.


He didn't really take in what he read.

reference Larousse online
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NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme verdauen
meaning 1 to digest (food)

das Essen verdauen


to digest food

direction
meaning 2 to understand

diese Lektüre ist schwer zu verdauen


this reading is hard to digest

reference Duden
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NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Norwegian
lexeme fordøye
meaning 1 to digest (food)

fordøye maten


to digest food

direction
meaning 2 to understand

fordøye lesestoffet


to process the reading material

reference BO
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NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme переварить
meaning 1 to digest (food)

Нужен моцион матроса, чтобы переварить эти куски солонины и лук с вареною капустой. (И. Гончаров, Фрегат «Паллада»)


It takes a sailor's appetite to digest these chunks of salted pork, onions, and boiled cabbage.

direction
meaning 2 to understand

Вы, Мерцалов, видно, читали по этому вопросу, к сожалению, только совершенно не переварили того, что прочли. (Вересаев, В юные годы)


It seems, Mertsalov, that you have read up on this subject, but unfortunately, you haven't really taken in what you've read.

reference МАС
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NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme digerir
meaning 1 to digest (food)
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Real Academia Española Diccionario
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NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Swedish
lexeme smälta
meaning 1 to digest (food)

smälta maten


to digest food

direction
meaning 2 to understand

smälta intrycken


to process the impressions

reference SAO
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