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ingest
[ in-jest ]
/ ÉŖnĖdŹÉst /
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verb (used with object)
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
Aeronautics. to draw (foreign matter) into the inlet of a jet engine, often causing damage to the engine.
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British Dictionary definitions for ingest
ingest
/ (ÉŖnĖdŹÉst) /
verb (tr)
to take (food or liquid) into the body
(of a jet engine) to suck in (an object, a bird, etc)
Derived forms of ingest
ingestible, adjectiveingestion, nouningestive, adjectiveWord Origin for ingest
C17: from Latin ingerere to put into, from in- Ā² + gerere to carry; see gest
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