ingested; ingesting; ingests
: to take in for or as if for digestion
Examples of ingest in a Sentence
The drug is more easily ingested in pill form.
claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 28 Apr. 2025
Or, more likely, The Sentry is simply the benevolent mirror image of that shadowy, sinister entity that emerges after Bob Reynolds ingests a super serum.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
With a single click, Vero AI ingests the content and analyzes it through the lens of the compliance framework of your choice.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
In a case study based on six cases of pong pong seed ingestion reported to U.S. poison centers, Wermuth found that the amount of time between ingesting the seeds and developing symptoms varied.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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in·gest
in-ˈjest 
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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