ingest

in·gest

I0138500 (ĭn-jĕst′)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 as food: "Marine ciliates ... can be observed ... ingesting other single-celled creatures and harvesting their chloroplasts" (Carol Kaesuk Yoon).

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[Latin ingerere, ingest- : in-, in; see in-² + gerere, to carry.]

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in·gest′i·ble adj.in·ges′tion n.in·ges′tive adj.

ingest

(ɪnˈdʒɛst) vb (tr) 1. to take (food or liquid) into the body2. (Aeronautics) (of a jet engine) to suck in (an object, a bird, etc)[C17: from Latin ingerere to put into, from in-² + gerere to carry; see gest] inˈgestible adj inˈgestion n inˈgestive adj

in•gest

(ɪnˈdʒɛst)

v.t. to take into the body, as food or liquid (opposed to egest). [1610–20; < Latin ingestus, past participle of ingerere to heap on, pour into the body =in- in-² + gerere to carry] in•gest′i•ble, adj. in•ges′tion, n. in•ges′tive, adj.

ingest

Past participle: ingested
Gerund: ingesting

Imperative
ingest
ingest

Present
I ingest
you ingest
he/she/it ingests
we ingest
you ingest
they ingest

Preterite
I ingested
you ingested
he/she/it ingested
we ingested
you ingested
they ingested

Present Continuous
I am ingesting
you are ingesting
he/she/it is ingesting
we are ingesting
you are ingesting
they are ingesting

Present Perfect
I have ingested
you have ingested
he/she/it has ingested
we have ingested
you have ingested
they have ingested

Past Continuous
I was ingesting
you were ingesting
he/she/it was ingesting
we were ingesting
you were ingesting
they were ingesting

Past Perfect
I had ingested
you had ingested
he/she/it had ingested
we had ingested
you had ingested
they had ingested

Future
I will ingest
you will ingest
he/she/it will ingest
we will ingest
you will ingest
they will ingest

Future Perfect
I will have ingested
you will have ingested
he/she/it will have ingested
we will have ingested
you will have ingested
they will have ingested

Future Continuous
I will be ingesting
you will be ingesting
he/she/it will be ingesting
we will be ingesting
you will be ingesting
they will be ingesting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ingesting
you have been ingesting
he/she/it has been ingesting
we have been ingesting
you have been ingesting
they have been ingesting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ingesting
you will have been ingesting
he/she/it will have been ingesting
we will have been ingesting
you will have been ingesting
they will have been ingesting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ingesting
you had been ingesting
he/she/it had been ingesting
we had been ingesting
you had been ingesting
they had been ingesting

Conditional
I would ingest
you would ingest
he/she/it would ingest
we would ingest
you would ingest
they would ingest

Past Conditional
I would have ingested
you would have ingested
he/she/it would have ingested
we would have ingested
you would have ingested
they would have ingested

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	ingest - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"consume, have, take in, takehit - consume to excess; "hit the bottle"cannibalise, cannibalize - eat human fleshhabituate, use - take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely"eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"drink, imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"booze, drink, fuddle - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"partake, touch - consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"replete, sate, satiate, fill - fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"sample, taste, try, try out - take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"suck in, sop up, take up, take in - take up as if with a spongesmoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"do drugs, drug - use recreational drugsswallow, get down - pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"sup - take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
	2.	ingest - take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"assimilate, absorb, take inlarn, learn, acquire - gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"imbibe - receive into the mind and retain; "Imbibe ethical principles"

ingest

verb1. To cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach:swallow, take.2. To take (food) into the body as nourishment:consume, devour, eat, fare, partake.Slang: chow.Idioms: break bread, have a bite.

Translations

ingéreringerireingerir