Meaning of INGEST
| Pronunciation: | | in'jest
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- [v] take up, as of knowledge or beliefs
- [v] serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
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| | Synonyms: | | absorb, assimilate, consume, have, take, take in, take in |
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| | Antonyms: | | abstain, desist, refrain | | |
| | See Also: | | booze, cannibalise, cannibalize, do drugs, drink, drug, eat, feed, fill, fuddle, get down, habituate, hit, imbibe, imbibe, larn, learn, partake, replete, sample, sate, satiate, smoke, sop up, suck in, sup, swallow, take up, taste, touch, try, try out, use | |
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| | Definition: | | \In*gest"\, v. t. [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put
in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]
To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.
--Sir T. Browne.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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