Synonyms and antonyms of To process food in the body in American Thesaurus

digest (verb)

when your stomach digests food, it changes it into the substances that your body needs

assimilate (verb)

to take in and use food or other nutrients

go down ()

if food or drink goes down, you swallow it

burn (verb)

to use fat or energy in your body

down (adjective)

when food or drink goes down, it goes from your mouth to your stomach

absorb (verb)

to take in a gas, liquid, or other substance

stay down ()

if food that you have eaten stays down, it stays in your stomach and you are not sick

metabolise ()

a British spelling of metabolize

metabolize (verb)

if your body metabolizes food, oxygen, etc., it changes it into a form that can be used as energy

ingest (verb)

to take food or drink into the body

respire (verb)

medical to breathe

respire (verb)

biology a body respires when it produces energy from food