'Ingest' definitions:
Definition of 'ingest'
(from WordNet)
verb
Serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" [syn: consume, ingest, take in, take, have] [ant: abstain, desist, refrain]
verb
Take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe" [syn: absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in]
Definition of 'Ingest'
From: GCIDE
- Ingest \In*gest"\, v. t. [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]
- 1. To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To take into the body by any means, as by inhalation, injection, absorption, as well as through the mouth. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'ingest'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- absorb,
- assimilate,
- bleed white,
- burn up,
- consume,
- deplete,
- devour,
- digest,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- down,
- drain,
- drain of resources,
- drink,
- drink in,
- eat,
- eat up,
- engorge,
- engulf,
- erode,
- exhaust,
- expend,
- feed on,
- finish,
- finish off,
- get away with,
- get down,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- gulp,
- gulp down,
- imbibe,
- impoverish,
- ingurgitate,
- meal,
- partake of,
- percolate in,
- put away,
- seep in,
- soak in,
- soak up,
- spend,
- squander,
- suck dry,
- surround,
- swallow,
- swallow up,
- swill,
- swill down,
- take,
- take down,
- take in,
- tuck in,
- use up,
- waste away,
- wear away,
- wolf down