ingest
verb (used with object)
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
ingesting
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present participleof ingest.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Prior to ingesting the water, her father had manageable hypertension and walked six miles daily, she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Armed with LLMs capable of ingesting massive quantities of data, companies can fight back and more accurately model consumer behavior and deliver personalized results.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The court documents relating to the Anthropic case revealed the project of ingesting old books was referred to in internal company communications as "Project Panama."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
France is mulling how to prevent people from ingesting too much of the heavy metal cadmium, after a warning their breakfast cereal and baguettes could be contaminated with the toxin.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Did I worry about ingesting some horrid bacteria?
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
