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ingest

 
(ĭn-jĕst') pronunciation
tr.v., -gest·ed, -gest·ing, -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).

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

ingestible in·gest'i·ble adj.
ingestion in·ges'tion n.
ingestive in·ges'tive adj.

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


to take material, e.g. food or liquid, into a cell or organism.
ingestible adj.; ingestion n.; ingestive adj.

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The taking of food, drugs, etc. into the body by mouth.

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  • Eating Verbs - ingest: take food into body, usu. by swallowing


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - spise, sluge, nedsvælge

Nederlands (Dutch)
(in zich) opnemen, inslikken

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit) ingérer, (fig) absorber, assimiler

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufnehmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παρεισδύω, (μτφ.) προσλαμβάνω, απορροφώ (γνώσεις, πληροφορίες κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
ingerire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ingerir

Русский (Russian)
глотать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - ingerir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ta in (föda e.d.), svälja (äv. bildl.), dra in (smuts i jetmotor)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
摄取, 吸收, 咽下

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 攝取, 吸收, 咽下

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 섭취하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 摂取する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتناول طعاما, يستوعب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הכניס (מזון) לקיבה‬


 
 
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