INGEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ingest mean? 

• INGEST (verb)
  The verb INGEST has 2 senses:

1. serve oneself to, or consume regularly

2. take up mentally

  Familiarity information: INGEST used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INGEST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ingest    ... he / she / it ingests   
Past simple: ingested   
Past participle: ingested   
-ing form: ingesting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serve oneself to, or consume regularly

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

consume; have; ingest; take; take in

Context example:

I don't take sugar in my coffee

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ingest"):

cannibalise; cannibalize (eat human flesh)

habituate; use (take or consume (regularly or habitually))

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

eat (take in solid food)

drink; imbibe (take in liquids)

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

partake; touch (consume)

eat; feed (take in food; used of animals only)

fill; replete; sate; satiate (fill to satisfaction)

sample; taste; try; try out (take a sample of)

sop up; suck in; take in; take up (take up as if with a sponge)

sup (take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They ingest more bread

Derivation:

ingestion (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take up mentally

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

absorb; assimilate; ingest; take in

Context example:

he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe

Hypernyms (to "ingest" is one way to...):

acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ingest"):

imbibe (receive into the mind and retain)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Stimulation results in release of pepsinogen and inactivation of ingested microorganisms.

(Gastric Acid Secretion Induction, NCI Thesaurus)

Suppression decreases release of pepsinogen and inactivation of ingested microorganisms.

(Gastric Acid Secretion Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of materials of either plant, animal or artificial origin containing essential body nutrients that can be ingested by an organism to produce energy, stimulate growth, and maintain life.

(Food, NCI Thesaurus)

Dermatitis caused by an allergic reaction to an unspecified ingested substance.

(Dermatitis due to Unspecified Substance Taken Internally, NCI Thesaurus)

Dermatitis caused by an allergic reaction to ingested food.

(Dermatitis due to Food taken Internally, NCI Thesaurus)

Inhibition of glucosidase reduces and delays the effects of ingested carbohydrates on blood sugar.

(Glucosidase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Glucosinolates can be toxic if ingested at high doses but lower doses are under investigation as potential tumor inhibitors.

(Glucosinolate, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, and remove dead cells.

(Phagocyte, NCI Dictionary)

Any method for determining as accurately as possible total food amount and composition ingested by subjects in dietary studies or amount of specific dietary components.

(Nutrition Monitoring, NCI Thesaurus)

Neutrophils help fight infection by ingesting microorganisms and releasing enzymes that kill the microorganisms.

(Neutrophil, NCI Dictionary)