Ingest

//ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of importing data or other material into a system. uncountable

    "Film is a physical, photochemical medium that requires a significant transformation process for ingest into the electronic/digital domain of television."

Verb
  1. 1
    To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract. transitive
  2. 2
    take up mentally wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause (an undesired object or fluid) to enter the engine, generally via the intake. broadly, transitive

    "The plane's engine ingested a large bird and flamed out."

  4. 4
    serve oneself to, or consume regularly wordnet
  5. 5
    To bring or import into a system. transitive

    "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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
absorbconsumeconsumeablateabsorbassimilate

Example

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"For external use only, do not ingest."

Etymology

From Latin ingerō (“I carry in”).

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