ingest
/ɪnˈdʒest/verb
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निगलना, ग्रहण करना
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to take food, drugs into your body, usually by swallowing
निगलना, ग्रहण करना
- The child accidentally ingested some medicine.
- Never ingest any medicine without asking a doctor.
- Babies sometimes ingest small objects, so keep coins out of reach.
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- Fish can ingest tiny pieces of plastic from polluted water.
- If you ingest the poison, call the doctor at once.
Synonyms swallow consume eat take in absorb
Opposite vomit expel regurgitate
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in·gest
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Keep apart ingest (take in) and digest (break down food) and egest (pass out waste).
Ingest (ग्रहण करना), digest (भोजन पचाना) और egest (मल निकालना) को अलग रखिए।
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Science: the steps of nutrition are ingestion (taking in food), digestion (breaking it down), absorption (taking it into the blood), assimilation (using it in the body) and egestion (removing waste).
विज्ञान में पोषण के चरण ingestion (भोजन ग्रहण), digestion (पाचन), absorption (रक्त में अवशोषण), assimilation (शरीर में उपयोग) और egestion (मल-त्याग) हैं।