digestion; The process of breaking down food into nutritive substances in the stomach, and absorbing them.; digestion; assimilation; (figurative) The process of understanding certain knowledge, skills, etc., and taking in them fully.; digestion; (figurative) The ability of making something that does not usually become other people or things, suit oneself on the basis of one's own characteristics.; digestion; (figurative) The ability of resolving or dealing with something.; digestion; (figurative) The act of accommodating a certain number of people or things in a given place.; digestion; (figurative) The ability of properly handling the transactions of products, bonds, etc., in a market, company, etc.