What does digest mean?
Word: Digest
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Digest means to break down food inside the body so that it can be used for energy and growth.
Synonyms: break down
How do you spell digest?
Syllables: di - gest
Tricky part: The g makes a j sound, which tempts children to write a j (dijest). It is a soft g, as in giant.
Watch out for: dijest, daigest, dygest
Memory tip: A giant eats a giant meal and then has to digest it. The soft g of giant is the g in digest.
Digest in a sentence
Example 1: Rice and dal are easy to digest.
Example 2: If you lie down straight after a heavy meal, your food is harder to digest.
Example 3: Cows chew their food again and again to digest grass.
Fun Fact
Digest comes from a Latin word meaning to separate or sort out, which is just what your body does with a meal.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correct suffix to complete the word:
digest
a) ation
b) ion
c) ian
d) eon
Show answer
b) ion. Digest plus ion gives digestion, the work your stomach does.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
After the long swim, Kabir ate a banana because it is quick to digist.
a) swim
b) quick
c) banana
d) digist
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d) digist. The second vowel of digest is e, as in the word best.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) stomuch
b) breakfest
c) swalow
d) digest
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d) digest. Look for the slips: stomach ends in -ach, swallow has a double l and breakfast has fast in it. Digest has none.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
sgdiet
a) disget
b) digets
c) dgeist
d) digest
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d) digest. Di comes first, then gest, the part that sounds like jest.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these body parts helps to digest food?
a) the heart
b) the stomach
c) the kidneys
d) the lungs
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b) the stomach
2. Which sentence uses digest correctly?
a) The cook digested the dough into small round balls.
b) The python lay still for days to digest the goat it ate.
c) Ravi digested the pill with a glass of water.
d) Amma digested the carrots before putting them in the pot.
Show answer
b) The python lay still for days to digest the goat it ate.
