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ingest
[in-jest]
verb (used with object)
to take, as food, into the body (egest ).
Aeronautics.to draw (foreign matter) into the inlet of a jet engine, often causing damage to the engine.
ingest
/ ɪˈɛ /
verb
to take (food or liquid) into the body
(of a jet engine) to suck in (an object, a bird, etc)
Other Word Forms
- ingestible adjective
- ingestion noun
- ingestive adjective
- reingest verb (used with object)
- uningested adjective
- uningestive adjective
- ˈپ adjective
- ˈپDz noun
- ˈپ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ingest1
Example Sentences
In the 2009 case, a flock of seagulls was ingested at 2,700ft – more than four times higher than the Air India flight.
Said King, whose real name is Brian Johnson, is a massively muscled fitness influencer who built a nine-figure supplement company by promoting what he describes as an “ancestral lifestyle” revolving around ingesting raw offal.
Small fish including anchovies and sardines ingest the toxic algae, which then bioaccumulate in larger marine mammals that eat the fish.
That means fish, and marine mammals could mistake vapes for food and ingest poisonous chemicals.
In early May, Bartkus engaged with a suicide discussion site, presenting data from his tests on ingesting weak doses of sodium nitrite or seeking to generate carbon monoxide within a car, alongside graphs and charts.
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