Break down, as food (6)

I believe the answer is:

digest

(Other definitions for digest that I've seen before include "Shorten" , "Make more concise" , "abstract" , "Think over, absorb into the mind" , "Periodical that summarizes the news" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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