The meaning of INGEST is to take in for or as if for digestion. How to use ingest in a sentence.
Definition of ingest verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
We ingest the most commonly consumed psychoactive drug in the world in chocolate, soda, and of course, coffee and tea. The largest enterprises have already experienced the volume of data that all companies will soon be ingesting.
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.
ingest (third-person singular simple present ingests, present participle ingesting, simple past and past participle ingested) (transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
When animals or plants ingest a substance, they take it into themselves, for example by eating or absorbing it.
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest). [Aeron.]to draw (foreign matter) into the inlet of a jet engine, often causing damage to the engine. Latin ingestus past participle of ingerere to throw or pour into. See in - 2, gest. in ges′tion, n. In Lists: My Vocabulary (Michael), more...
INGEST definition: to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest). See examples of ingest used in a sentence.
So, when we say "ingest," we're basically saying "to carry something into." In the context of food, it means to take food or drink into your body, usually by swallowing.