Ingest

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat.
  • v. To take in and absorb as food: "Marine ciliates ... can be observed ... ingesting other single-celled creatures and harvesting their chloroplastsā€ ( Carol Kaesuk Yoon).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To take into the body, as for digestion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
  • v. To take into the body by any means, as by inhalation, injection, absorption, as well as through the mouth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put, bring, or throw in: used chiefly of the introduction of substances, as food, into the body.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. take up mentally
  • v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  • Verb Form
    ingested    ingesting    ingests   
    Hyponym
    fuddle    sate    cannibalise    booze    use    sup    taste    satiate    take-up    hit   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    introduce   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Best    Blessed    Brest    Celeste    Este    Midwest    Pest    Test    West    abreast