Synonyms of ingests

ingests

verb

present tense third-person singular of ingest

1

as in consumes

to take in as food

claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consumes
• eats
• devours
• chews
• licks
• swallows
• digests
• partakes (of)
• tucks (away or in)
• puts away
• scoffs
• relishes
• gulps
• savors
• tastes
• dines
• puts down
• swills
• mouths (down)
• picks (at)
• slops
• munches
• regales
• wolfs
• gobbles (up or down)
• downs
• gluts (on)
• gnaws (at or on)
• gorges
• sups
• nibbles (on)
• bolts
• gums
• laps
• fares
• chows (down on)
• dispatches
• snarfs (down)
• feasts
• banquets
• snacks
• polishes off
• lunches
• pigs out
• nurses
• breakfasts
• noshes
• gormandizes

2

as in swallows

to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat

ingested the foul-tasting medicine with only the greatest difficulty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swallows
• eats
• sips
• chews
• consumes
• drinks
• licks
• downs
• devours
• imbibes
• gets down
• guzzles
• gulps
• munches
• scoffs
• ruminates
• mouths (down)
• sups
• gobbles (up or down)
• knocks back
• finishes
• wolfs
• pecks (at)
• scarfs
• ingurgitates
• gnaws (at or on)
• bolts
• nibbles (on)
• puts away
• gorges
• polishes off
• dispatches
• laps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ingests

The deal cements a new strategy for NBCUniversal — agreeing to a streaming wholesale deal with a distribution partner that ingests Peacock content. — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 30 July 2026

The half-life of caffeine is five to six hours — meaning that five to six hours after someone ingests caffeine, half of it remains in their system and continues to affect them. — Ashley Okwuosa, STAT, 30 July 2026

During training, the model ingests vast amounts of text and other data while an algorithm adjusts billions or trillions of numerical dials—the weights—until the system can predict and eventually generate humanlike content. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

Long before Rudd unknowingly ingests psychedelic drugs and nearly kills Josh, with Marcus having to perform an emergency tracheotomy, Little Brother has long worn out its welcome. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

Baits contain insecticide that may not only kill the roach who ingests it but that has a secondary transfer to other roaches who may eat that roach’s waste or the roach itself, says Benson. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 June 2026

As the caterpillar ingests the leaf, its gut enzymes chop up the plant’s cellular engines and their pieces, including In11, are regurgitated back onto the leaf’s surface, albeit at extremely small concentrations. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026

The system ingests customer history and anticipates reorders. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 May 2026

Local Now ingests about 500,000 pieces of video per day. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 May 2026