ingest
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ingest
- /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst/
Sounds like in jest · Rhymes with -ɛst
Where it comes from
From Latin ingerō (“to carry in”).
verb ingests · ingesting · ingested
- To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
- To cause (an undesired object or fluid) to enter the engine, generally via the intake. The plane's engine ingested a large bird and flamed out.
- To bring or import into a system. While this might seem like more than enough computing power for these purposes, the same machine is also used to ingest, archive and distribute TRMM data to the user community.
Similar: consume, discuss, get outside, ingest, partake, put away, touch · Opposite: defecate, regurgitate
noun
- The process of importing data or other material into a system. Film is a physical, photochemical medium that requires a significant transformation process for ingest into the electronic/digital domain of television.
Thesaurus
verb
Similar: consume, discuss, get outside, ingest, partake, put away, touch · Opposite: defecate, regurgitate
Translations
Every language
verb to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal
| Español | ingerir, deglutir |
|---|---|
| Português | ingerir |
| Français | ingérer |
| Deutsch | aufnehmen, einnehmen vt. (Med.) |
| Italiano | ingerire |
| Ελληνικά | καταπίνω katapíno |
| Română | ingera |
| Русский | глота́ть glotátʹ, прогла́тывать proglátyvatʹ, загла́тывать zaglátyvatʹ, поглоща́ть pogloščátʹ, заса́сывать zasásyvatʹ |
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title = {ingest},
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