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INGEST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take up mentally

Example:

he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe

Synonyms:

absorb; assimilate; ingest; take in

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "ingest" is one way to...):

acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ingest"):

imbibe (receive into the mind and retain)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Serve oneself to, or consume regularly

Example:

I don't take sugar in my coffee

Synonyms:

consume; have; ingest; take; take in

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ingest"):

cannibalise; cannibalize (eat human flesh)

habituate; use (take or consume (regularly or habitually))

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

eat (take in solid food)

drink; imbibe (take in liquids)

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

partake; touch (consume)

eat; feed (take in food; used of animals only)

fill; replete; sate; satiate (fill to satisfaction)

sample; taste; try; try out (take a sample of)

sop up; suck in; take in; take up (take up as if with a sponge)

sup (take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They ingest more bread

Derivation:

ingestion (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))

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 Context examples: 

Macrophages surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, remove dead cells, and boost immune responses.

(Monocyte, NCI Dictionary)

Humans are infected by ingesting unpasteurized milk or meat from infected animals.

(Brucellosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Thrombocytopenia caused by ingested or injected drugs.

(Drug Induced Thrombocytopenia, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers first determined that the bacterial capsule prevents immune system neutrophils from ingesting and killing ST258.

(Scientists describe potential antibody approach for treating multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, National Institutes of Health)

Bacillus bacteria form spores that can survive harsh environments and commonly are ingested naturally with vegetables, allowing them to temporarily grow in the intestine.

(Study finds probiotic Bacillus eliminates Staphylococcus bacteria, National Institutes of Health)

The microglia then create a cup-like structure over a single photoreceptor, surrounding it to ingest it in a process called phagocytosis.

(In blinding eye disease, trash-collecting cells go awry, accelerate damage, NIH)

A recessive X-linked defect of leukocyte function in which phagocytic cells ingest but fail to digest bacteria, resulting in recurring bacterial infections with granuloma formation.

(Chronic Granulomatous Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

In plasma, monocytes ingest and destroy bacteria, and can form macrophages when they enter the extracellular space in tissues.

(Monocyte Phagocytosis and Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

When marine organisms ingest these microplastics, the pollutant particles get detached from them, contaminating organisms' tissues and harming their nervous and hormonal systems.

(Microplastic pollution adds to oceans’ problems, scidev.net)

M. avium is found in soil and dust particles and can cause infection when inhaled or ingested, especially causing disseminated infection in immunocompromised patients.

(Mycobacterium avium, NCI Thesaurus)