ingest
11ingest — v.tr. 1 take in (food etc.); eat. 2 absorb (facts, knowledge, etc.). Derivatives: ingestion n. ingestive adj. Etymology: L ingerere ingest (as IN (2), gerere carry) …
12ingest — transitive verb Etymology: Latin ingestus, past participle of ingerere to carry in, from in + gerere to bear Date: 1620 to take in for or as if for digestion • ingestible adjective • ingestion noun • ingestive adjective …
13ingest — v. [L. ingestus, taken in] To convey food into a place of digestion …
14ingest — ingestible, adj. ingestion, n. ingestive, adj. /in jest /, v.t. 1. to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest). 2. Aeron. to draw (foreign matter) into the inlet of a jet engine, often causing damage to the engine. [1610 20; < L ingestus… …
15ingest — verb /ɪn.dʒɛst/ To take into the body, as for digestion …
16ingest — in·gest in jest vt to take in for or as if for digestion …
17ingest — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, assimilate, bleed white, burn up, consume, deplete, devour, digest, dispatch, dispose of, down, drain, drain of resources, drink, drink in, eat, eat up, engorge, engulf, erode, exhaust, expend, feed on …
18ingest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. eat, drink, etc.; absorb, assimilate. See food, receiving. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. swallow, consume, eat. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to pass from the mouth into the… …
19ingest — in|gest [ınˈdʒest] v [T] technical [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of ingerere, from gerere to carry ] to take food or other substances into your body →↑digest >ingestion [ınˈdʒestʃən] n [U] →↑digest1 (1) …
20ingest — in|gest [ ın dʒest ] verb transitive TECHNICAL to eat or drink something ╾ in|ges|tion [ ın dʒestʃən ] noun uncount …
