What does ingest mean?
Definitions for ingest
ɪnˈdʒɛstin·gest
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
absorb, assimilate, ingest, take inverb
take up mentally
"he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
GCIDE
Ingestverb
To take into the body by any means, as by inhalation, injection, absorption, as well as through the mouth.
Wiktionary
ingestverb
To take into the body, as for digestion.
Etymology: From ingerere
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Ingestverb
to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
Etymology: [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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 »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ingest in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ingest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of ingest in a Sentence
We have agency over what we ingest. These videos never help us to understand why this would happen.
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.
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.
Imagine trying to ingest a gallon of water after a race, it’s pretty much impossible, at least in the timeframe we would be able to rehydrate someone intravenously.
That means I will never be able to ingest anything through my mouth ever again, not even water.
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