ingest

Meanings

• Verb

  To take or consume (food, drink, or medicine) into the body.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with ingest
digest , progress , possess

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Variants

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ingest , ingested , ingestible , ingesting , ingestive , ingests

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Forms

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ingestion (noun)

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Etymology

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The word 'ingest' comes from the Latin verb 'ingesco', meaning 'to enter' or 'to receive into oneself'.

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Trivia

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1. The human stomach can hold about 1.5 to 2.5 quarts (1.4 to 2.3 liters) of food and liquid.

2. The average person consumes around 30,000 to 40,000 calories of food per year just by swallowing air.

3. The largest stomach on record belonged to a man named John Elmore, who measured 3.7 feet (1.1 meters) long and 2.5 feet (0.76 meters) wide.

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Related Concepts

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1. Digestion: The process by which food is broken down into nutrients that the body can absorb and use for energy and growth.

2. Absorption: The process by which nutrients are taken up by the body's cells and used for energy, growth, and other functions.

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Culture

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Ingestion is a common theme in literature, particularly in works dealing with consumption of food, drink, or substances. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', the characters often consume alcohol to excess, highlighting the destructive nature of their lifestyles.

How to Memorize "ingest"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the act of taking a bite of food or swallowing a pill to help remember the meaning of 'ingest'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'ingest' with the idea of taking in nourishment to help remember its meaning.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Ingest: I Need Food To Energy Give' to help remember the meaning of 'ingest'.

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