ه • ض • م

: see تَخَوَّفَهُ. هَضَمَ لَهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ: see خَضَمَ.

It (a thing) melted, or dissolved, after being congealed. (JK.) اِنْهَضَمَتِ الثَّمَرَةُ, and ↓ تَهَضَّمَت, The fruit broke; or became broken, or crushed; syn. تَشَدَّخَتْ; (TA;) and became mellow, so as to be easy of digestion. See also بَوْعٌ اِنْهَضَمَ, said of food, (MA), It was, or became, digestible, or easy of digestion. (MA, KL.) اِنْهضَامٌ of the زَوْر [app. Depression]. (K in art. جنف. [There coupled with دُخُولٌ.]) See also صَقَلٌ.

Any medicine [or other thing (see حَاطُومٌ)] that is a digestive of food; as also ↓ هَضُومٌ; (K;) i. q. جَوَارِشٌ. (S.)

Contraction of the sides, (S, K,) and lankness of the belly, and smallness of the flank: (K:) in a horse it is a fault. (S.)