ingested; ingesting; ingests
: to take in for or as if for digestion
Examples of ingest in a Sentence
The drug is more easily ingested in pill form.
claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable
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Antoinette Radford, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Smoking or otherwise ingesting THC meant hiding it from your parents, teachers, bosses, or the cops, and that low-level, constant anxiety gave stoner movies their compelling shape.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
Lilies possess a chemical compound that is not well understood which, if ingested, can be fatal within 1-3 days by causing damage to the kidneys and cellular death of the organ.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
The bacteria is transmitted primarily through the fecal-oral route, where bacteria from the stool of an infected person is accidentally ingested or contacted.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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in·gest
in-ˈjest 
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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