the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] > ingest (4)
transitive. More generally: to take in by the mouth; to swallow. Also intransitive with of.
transitive. To draw or receive in; to take inside or on board; to swallow or inhale; to absorb.
To take into the body (food, nourishment, etc.). So in Latin; cf. assumption, n. 4. Obsolete.
spec. To introduce (aliment) into the stomach (or mouth); to take in (food).