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noun
The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The process of ingesting something into a jet engine or an instance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
Any intake of a substance into an organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Intake of data into a computer system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: consumption, intake, uptake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
Narrower terms: eating, feeding, swallow, drink, deglutition, sucking, suck, suction, drinking, imbibing, imbibition
History
Borrowed from Latin ingestionem, accusative of ingestio (“a pouring in”), action noun of the perfect passive participle of ingerere (“pour in”), from in- (“in, into”) + gero (“to carry, to bear”).
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
