WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
in•gest /ɪnˈdʒɛst/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- to take into the body, as food or liquid:ingested a rich, heavy meal.
in•gest
(in jest′),USA pronunciation v.t.
in•gest′i•ble, adj.
in•ges′tion, n.
in•ges′tive, adj.
- to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- [Aeron.]to draw (foreign matter) into the inlet of a jet engine, often causing damage to the engine.
- Latin ingestus past participle of ingerere to throw or pour into. See in-2, gest
- 1610–20
in•ges′tion, n.
in•ges′tive, adj.
'ingestion' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Chinese liver fluke
- allergy
- animal
- baby food
- botulism
- cholera
- contact
- cytophagy
- enterotoxin
- favism
- fluorosis
- foregut
- hepatitis A
- hepatitis B
- hookworm
- lathyrism
- lead poisoning
- loco disease
- mithridatism
- opsonin
- opsonize
- phagocytosis
- psilocin
- repeat
- swallow
- tetrodotoxin
- transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
- trembles
- trichinosis
- tube foot