ingest
/ɪnˈdʒɛst
/verb [with object]
1Take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it: lead will poison anyone if enough is ingested they ingest oxygen from the air...
- Frugivorous vertebrates ingest fruits and the seeds within, later defecating the seeds.
- Every physical ailment is classified as warm or cold, and its cure depends on restoring the body's equilibrium by ingesting foods with the opposite properties.
- The gut model only allows for a mass intake on a daily basis that does not exceed the mass of the animal ingesting the food.
1.1Absorb (information): he spent his days ingesting the contents of the library...
- The Web was a dismal place for ingesting information because it was visually bereft, difficult to move around in, and generally unpleasant.
- I'd hoped to do better having spent a good portion of my life in America, ingesting top-shelf propaganda.
- It is a forceful process, ingesting the news and carrying it with me through the day.
Derivatives
ingestive
- Effects on ingestive behavior depend on the dose of LPS used, and in general, last a relatively short time.
- It doesn't interfere with any other ingestive behaviors such as food or water, which amperozide does a little in the animals.
- Decreased ingestive behavior, impaired cognitive functioning, increased sleep, and altered mood have been reported by individuals experiencing immune activation or cytokine treatment.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin ingest- 'brought in', from the verb ingerere, from in- 'into' + gerere 'carry'.
Rhymes
- unrequitement
- unrequiter
- unrescinded
- unrescued
- unresearched
- unresemblant
- unresemble
- from soup to nuts
- from stem to stern
- from strength
- from the (bottom of one's) heart
- from the bottom up
- from the dead
- from the floor
- from the ground up
- from the horse's mouth
- from thence
- from thenceforth
- from the top
- from the (very) first
- from the word go
- from time to time
- from top to bottom
- from top to toe
- from whence