metabolize

1. To subject (a substance) to metabolism.
2. To produce (a substance) by metabolism.

To undergo change by metabolism.

1. To subject to metabolism.
2. To produce by metabolism.
3. To undergo change by metabolism.

Capable of being converted by metabolism.

• m. energy (ME) — said of a feed or ration, the net energy available to an animal after the utilization of some energy in the processes of digestion and absorption and the loss of some of the material as being undigested or indigestible.

The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: produce by metabolism, as of food by the body
  Synonym: metabolise