to assimilate food

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• assimilate — verb 1 (T) to think about new ideas, information etc so that you feel ready to use them: It will take time to assimilate all these facts. 2 (I, T) if people assimilate or are assimilated into a country or group, they become part of it and are… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Assimilate — As*sim i*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assimilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assimilating}.] [L. assimilatus, p. p. of assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See {Similar}, {Assemble}, {Assimilate}.] 1. To bring to a likeness or to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Assimilate — As*sim i*late, v. i. 1. To become similar or like something else. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body. [1913 Webster] Aliment easily assimilated or turned… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• assimilate — ► VERB 1) take in and understand (information or ideas). 2) absorb and integrate into a people or culture. 3) absorb and digest (food or nutrients). 4) regard as or make similar. DERIVATIVES assimilable adjective assimilation noun assimi …   English terms dictionary

• assimilate — [ə sim′ə lāt΄] vt. assimilated, assimilating [ME assimilaten < L assimilatus, pp. of assimilare < ad , to + similare, make similar < similis, like: see SAME] 1. to change (food) into a form that can be taken up by, and made part of, the… …   English World dictionary

• assimilate — [c]/əˈsɪməleɪt / (say uh simuhlayt) verb (assimilated, assimilating) –verb (t) 1. Physiology to convert (food, etc.) into a substance suitable for absorption into the system. 2. to take in and incorporate as one s own; absorb: to assimilate a… …  

• Food —    The situation with food, restaurants, and diet changed from extreme scarcity in the late Soviet period to extraordinary abundance after 2000. Simultaneously, the food on offer transitioned from the stereotypically bland menus and inefficient… …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

• assimilate — assimilator, n. v. /euh sim euh layt /; n. /euh sim euh lit, layt /, v., assimilated, assimilating, n. v.t. 1. to take in and incorporate as one s own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip. 2. to bring into conformity… …   Universalium

• assimilate — as•sim•i•late v. [[t]əˈsɪm əˌleɪt[/t]] n. [[t] lɪt, ˌleɪt[/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing, n. 1) to take in and incorporate as one s own; absorb: to assimilate new ideas[/ex] 2) soc to bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a… …   From formal English to slang

• assimilate — UK [əˈsɪmɪleɪt] / US [əˈsɪmɪˌleɪt] verb Word forms assimilate : present tense I/you/we/they assimilate he/she/it assimilates present participle assimilating past tense assimilated past participle assimilated 1) a) [transitive] to help someone… …   English dictionary

• assimilate — v 1. incorporate, take in, absorb, appropriate, make one s own; (usu. of food) digest, transform, convert, resolve into. 2.Usu. assimilate to or with adapt, adjust, accustom, acclimate, acclimatize, acculturize, Sociol. ac culturate, naturalize;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder