digestive
/daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/
digestive adjective: of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
Adjective
digestive (comparative more digestive, superlative most digestive)
- Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
- That causes or promotes digestion.
- While the doctor and the natives were taking a digestive nap after dinner, I strolled forth to have a peep at the country which could produce so generous a meal.1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC
Noun
digestive (plural digestives)
- A substance that aids digestion.
- A digestive biscuit.
- I bought a packet of chocolate digestives.
- I made a mistake and bought plain digestives instead of chocolate ones.
digestive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
digestive in Hindi
- digestive
- पाचन pācan
digestive in Tamil
- சமித்தற்குத்துணைசெய்கின்ற, சமிபாட்டுக்குரிய
digestive in Marathi
- पाचक
digestive in Urdu
- ہاضم
More languagesFewer languages
- digestive in Bengali
- পরিপাক, পরিপাককারী
- digestive in Malayalam
- ദഹനസംബന്ധമായ, ദഹിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, ജീർണ്ണിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, അഗ്നിവർദ്ധകമായ
- digestive in Kannada
- ಜೀರ್ಣಕಾರಿ
- digestive in Punjabi
- ਪਾਚਕ
- digestive in Sanskrit
- पक्तृ paktṛ́
- digestive in Arabic
- هَضْمِيّ haḍmiyy, جِهَاز هَضْمِيّ jihāz haḍmiyy
- digestive in Indonesian
- digestif
- digestive in Myanmar
- အစာချေဖျက်မှု a.cahkyehpyakhmu., အစာချေဖျက်ခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ a.cahkyehpyakhkrang:hcuing-ra, အစာချေဖျက်သော a.cahkyehpyaksau:, အစာချေဖျက်သည့် a.cahkyehpyaksany.
Examples of digestive in a sentence
- All the food that you eat goes through your digestive system and is digested.
- It will promote their growth, strengthen bones, purify blood and aid in the digestive process.
- Bad breath or halitosis is an indication of a disturbed digestive system.
Forms of digestive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more digestive |
| superlative | most digestive |
| Noun | |
| plural | digestives |
Origin of digestive
From Old French digestif, from Late Latin dīgestīvus. Doublet of digestif.
Words formed from digestive
Phrases with digestive
Questions about digestive
- What does digestive mean?
- Digestive means of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
- What is digestive in Hindi?
- Digestive in Hindi is पाचन (pācan). See Digestive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is digestive?
- Digestive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce digestive?
- Digestive is pronounced /daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/ (UK).
Words near digestive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: digestive (page history and authors); पाचन (Hindi) (page history and authors); digestive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); digestive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); digestive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); digestive (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); digestive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); digestive (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); digestive (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); पक्तृ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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