All metabolize synonyms

verb metabolize

• break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
• absorb — If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
• digest — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
• take up — the act of taking.
• make use of — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
• process — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.