Word Meaning

Meaning of "assimilate" and the crossword clue

- Absorb
- Absorb into whole
- Digest
- Take fully in
- Take in
- To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
- To liken; to compa/e.
- To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
- To become similar or like something else.
- To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.
- To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.