Definitions for ingest
ɪnˈdʒɛstin·gest

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. consume, ingest, take in, take, haveverb

   serve oneself to, or consume regularly

   "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

2. absorb, assimilate, ingest, take inverb

   take up mentally

   "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

GCIDERate this definition:2.5 / 4 votes

1. Ingestverb

   To take into the body by any means, as by inhalation, injection, absorption, as well as through the mouth.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ingestverb

   To take into the body, as for digestion.

2. Etymology: From ingerere

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To INGESTverb

   To throw into the stomach.

   Etymology: ingestus, Lat.

   Nor will we affirm that iron, ingested, receiveth in the belly of the osteridge no alteration. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours.

   Some the long funnel's curious mouth extend,
   Through which ingested meats with ease descend. Richard Blackmore.

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1. ingest

   Ingest means to consume or take in a substance, typically food or drink, into the body through the mouth. It can also refer to the absorption and processing of information or data.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ingestverb

   to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal

2. Etymology: [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ingest

   in-jest′, v.t. to throw into the stomach.—n.pl. Ingest′a, substances introduced into an organic body.—n. Ingest′ion:—opp. to Egestion.

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Anagrams for ingest »

1. signet

2. tinges

3. stinge

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ingest in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ingest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of ingest in a Sentence

1. Susan Hazzard:

   From what I’ve been told nandrolone is high … pig offal has high concentrations of nandrolone. This food truck that I happened to go to that night – I’ve eaten there a lot before – and this food truck serves pig offal as part of their menu and I think I happened to ingest this hormone and 10 hours later, at the peak of when it’s supposed to be in your body and your digesting it, I happened to get tested and honestly it’s a very unlucky series of events, i’m kinda blown away by what happened and I can't believe I’m going through this as a clean athlete.

2. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General:

   From California to Maine, consumers ingest pills, powders and liquids every day, not knowing whether they are wasting money or whether they may end up harming, rather than helping, themselves. Unfortunately, many of these products are not what they purport to be or can not do what the distributors claim they can do.

3. The DEA:

   You can ingest it orally, you can smoke it, you can snort it. That's the concern. We have lots of people across the country who use marijuana recreationally and if you end up with a batch that's got illicit fentanyl in it, the consequences can be disastrous.

4. James Scott:

   The American renaissance begins with the unified revolutionary act of turning off and smashing the television, rejecting Hollywood on all fronts and refusing to intellectually ingest the toxic force feed of the establishment minority’s matrix narrative.

5. Mark Geistfeld:

   The issue depends on whether there is already a warning on these products stating that the disinfectant should not be ingested, an adequate warning does not have to say, 'Do not ingest, even if recommended by the President.'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ingest
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=ingest
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ingest
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ingest
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ingest
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ingest