ingests
Puts inside body
Ingests is the third-person singular of ingest, meaning to take something into the body by swallowing or absorbing it: The patient ingests the medication with food.
The word extends to any process of taking in: a computer ingests data, a system ingests files for processing.
More formal than eat or swallow, ingest appears often in medical, scientific, and technical contexts.
Takes in fully
- assimilatesAbsorbs into a larger whole
- learnsGains new knowledge
- acquiresComes to have
- comprehendsMentally takes in
digests · studies · processes · understands · internalizes · grasps · retains · accumulates
Gulps or migratory birds
- takesCaptures or acquires
- administersManages or dispenses
- dosesMeasured medicinal amounts
- medicatesAdministers therapeutic substances
pills · tablets · capsules · oral · sublingual · digestive · pharmaceutical · prescription
swallows
Gulps or migratory birds
gulps · gobbles · bolts · chews · digests · absorbs · feeds · munches · bites · masticates
imports
Goods brought in
inputs · parses · reads · uploads · transfers · downloads · streams · feeds · pipelines · batch
absorbs
Takes in fully
- assimilatesAbsorbs into a larger whole
- learnsGains new knowledge
- acquiresComes to have
comprehends · digests · studies · processes · understands · internalizes · grasps · retains · accumulates · soaks
swallows
Gulps or migratory birds
- takesCaptures or acquires
- administersManages or dispenses
- dosesMeasured medicinal amounts
medicates · pills · tablets · capsules · oral · sublingual · digestive · pharmaceutical · prescription · overdose