partially digest
Frequency: 5.04.2 per million words
To process food or information incompletely.
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- In the stomach, proteins are only partially digested before moving on.
- The owl regurgitated pellets containing the partially digested bones of its prey.
- He felt unwell because the heavy meal had only been partially digested.
- Some animals partially digest food before feeding it to their young.
- After the briefing, I had only partially digested the sheer volume of new information.
- She sat in silence, having only partially digested the shocking news.
- The students could only partially digest the complex philosophical text without help.
- It's clear from his questions that he has only partially digested the instructions.
- The process of partially digesting starch begins in the mouth.
- We will likely only partially digest the report's findings by the end of today.