ingest
/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst/ verb, noun
Forms ingests ingesting ingested
- verb (transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
- verb (aviation, transitive, by extension, of a jet engine) To cause (an undesired object or fluid) to enter the engine, generally via the intake. “The plane's engine ingested a large bird and flamed out.”
- verb (transitive) To bring or import into a system.
- noun The process of importing data or other material into a system.
Synonyms
consume discuss get outside partake put away touch take in take have absorb assimilate
Antonyms
Etymology
From Latin ingerō (“to carry in”).
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ingest”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details