ingest
pronunciation
How to pronounce ingest in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdʒest]
How to pronounce ingest in American English:
US [ɪn'dʒest]
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- Verb:
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- take up mentally
Word Origin
- ingest (v.)
- 1610s, from Latin ingestus, past participle of ingerere "to throw in, pour in, heap upon," from in- "into" (see in- (2)) + gerere "to carry" (see gest). Related: Ingested; ingesting.
Example
- 1. Most poison frogs don 't manufacture their own poison ; they ingest other poisonous creatures then sequester the poison in their skin where it acts to deter predators .
- 2. Still , there is only so much tear-gas that visitors to the museums and ancient sites of downtown athens can be expected to ingest .
- 3. " By drinking salt water , fish ingest a lot of calcium , which needs to be removed or they will get renal stones , " says villy christensen of the university of british columbia .
- 4. People accidentally ingest immature worms by eating raw or undercooked pork .
- 5. The residue includes heavy metals , carcinogens and even radioactive materials that young children can get on their hands and ingest , especially if they 're crawling or playing on the floor .