ingest
Americanverb (used with object)
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to take, as food, into the body (egest ).
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Aeronautics. to draw (foreign matter) into the inlet of a jet engine, often causing damage to the engine.
verb
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to take (food or liquid) into the body
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(of a jet engine) to suck in (an object, a bird, etc)
Other Word Forms
- ingestible adjective
- ingestion noun
- ingestive adjective
- reingest verb (used with object)
- uningested adjective
- uningestive adjective
Etymology
Origin of ingest
First recorded in 1610–20; from Latin ingestus, past participle of ingerere “to throw or pour into”; in- 2, gest
Example Sentences
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That means that even people who ingest extremely high levels of glyphosate via their food get far less than the amounts that we are concerned about.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
AI can’t be relied upon to ingest and properly classify data in more complex situations, such as if you have various types of income from, say, royalties, real estate rentals, a sole proprietorship or trusts.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
Transmission most often occurs when people or pets ingest food or water contaminated with raccoon feces.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
"We found that increasing Sox9 expression triggered astrocytes to ingest more amyloid plaques, clearing them from the brain like a vacuum cleaner," Deneen said.
From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025
She doesn’t say anything about how oatmeal raisin cookies are a missed opportunity to ingest chocolate or how long I just spent talking to Jonah or how I lost.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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