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ingest

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: in jest
  • rhymes with -ɛst
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N JH EH1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of importing data or other material into a system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To cause (an undesired object or fluid) to enter the engine, generally via the intake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, transitive

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • The plane's engine ingested a large bird and flamed out.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To bring or import into a system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

take up mentally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: absorb, assimilate, take in

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: learn, larn, acquire

Narrower terms: imbibe

6

verb

Meaning 6

serve oneself to, or consume regularly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Have another bowl of chicken soup!
  • I don't take sugar in my coffee

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consume, take in, take, have

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: hit, cannibalize, cannibalise, use, habituate, eat, drink, imbibe, booze, fuddle, partake, touch, feed, satiate, sate, replete, fill, sample, try, try out, taste, take in, sop up, suck in, take up, smoke, drug, do drugs, swallow, get down, sup

History

Etymology

From Latin ingerō (“to carry in”).

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пое́мам (poémam) — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Bulgarian: поглъ́щам (poglǎ́štam) — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Catalan: ingerir — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Czech: strávit — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Esperanto: engluti — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Esperanto: gluti — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Finnish: niellä — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • French: ingérer — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Galician: inxerir — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • German: aufnehmen — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • German: einnehmen vt. (Med.) — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Greek: καταπίνω (katapíno) — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Hungarian: bevisz — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Ido: ingestar — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Italian: ingerire — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Portuguese: ingerir — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Romanian: ingera — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Russian: глота́ть (glotátʹ) — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Russian: прогла́тывать (proglátyvatʹ) — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Russian: загла́тывать (zaglátyvatʹ) — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Russian: поглоща́ть (pogloščátʹ) — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Russian: заса́сывать (zasásyvatʹ) — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Slovak: vhltnúť — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Slovak: prehltnúť — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Slovak: nasať — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Slovak: vsať — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Spanish: ingerir — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Spanish: deglutir — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Swedish: inta — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
  • Welsh: amlyncu — to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal