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- DictionaryIn·gest/inˈjest/
verb
- 1. take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it: "lead will poison anyone if enough is ingested"
The meaning of INGEST is to take in for or as if for digestion. How to use ingest in a sentence.
Ingest definition: to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).. See examples of INGEST used in a sentence.
to take food or liquid into the stomach: These mushrooms are poisonous if ingested. (Definition of ingest from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of ingest. ingest. However, it seems unlikely that marine mammals would have the opportunity to ingest such fish with any frequency.
When you ingest something, you swallow it or otherwise consume it. If you don't ingest enough iron, you'll feel tired and weak and you'll look pale. Trees ingest carbon dioxide, and humans ingest the oxygen that trees in turn produce.
(Definition of ingest from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Define ingest. ingest synonyms, ingest pronunciation, ingest translation, English dictionary definition of ingest. tr.v. in·gest·ed , in·gest·ing , in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. To take in and absorb...
Definition of ingest verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
