assimilating

Verb

assimilate (third-person singular simple present assimilates, present participle assimilating, simple past and past participle assimilated)

1. (transitive) To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
   • Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
2. (transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
   • The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.

   Synonyms:

   process

3. (transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
   • The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.

   Synonyms:

   integrate

4. (rare, transitive) To liken, compare to something similar.
   • The use of an animal to kill, wound or threaten is assimilated to the use of a weapon.2005 October 12, J. R. Spencer, transl., Penal Code [of France], Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, retrieved 19 Jan 2020, page 25
5. (transitive) To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
   • March 13, 1866, John Bright, The reform bill on the motion for leave to bring in the bill
     to assimilate our law in respect to the law of Scotland
6. (intransitive) To become similar.

See all 12 meanings of assimilate