# metabolized

CEFR C1 · Verb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/metabolized
Updated: 2026-10-18

## Definition

to break down food, drink, or medicine inside your body to make energy or clear waste.

For teachers: the past tense and past participle of 'metabolize'; to chemically break down a substance in a living organism to release energy or clear it from the body.

## Examples

- Your body metabolizes food to make energy.
- After lunch, his body metabolized the pasta into energy for afternoon practice.
- The drug was quickly metabolized by the liver, which explains why its effects faded within a few hours.

## Synonyms

Digest

## Usage notes

- The verb is transitive and takes a direct object.

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