ingest
verb (used with object)
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
ingests
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present tense formof ingest (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Everlab’s platform ingests and organizes documents and data from doctors, specialists and pathologists, compiling patient records that it augments with real-time data from users’ existing wearable devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
The test told her she had contracted sapovirus, which occurs when one person ingests another’s fecal matter, most often via contaminated food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
If a condor ingests too much shiny stuff and the digestive blockage grows too big, it dies.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
But there are other risk factors for TCE exposure, which occurs when a person breathes, ingests or touches the chemical.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023
One ingests a horse-doctor's dose of words, but fails to acquire any illumination.
From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
