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Ingested
[in-jest] 
| Main Entry: |
ingest
[in-jest]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swallow |
| Synonyms: | absorb, consume, devour, digest, down, drink, eat, inhale |
| Main Entry: | assimilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | absorb mentally |
| Synonyms: | comprehend, digest, grasp, incorporate, ingest, learn, osmose, sense, soak up, take in, take up, understand |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, reject, unlearn |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bolt, chow down, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow, nibble, partake, polish off, punish, put away, put down*, scarf, snack, stuff one's face, swallow, swill, take, toss down, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | fast, starve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swallow, consume |
| Synonyms: | absorb, annihilate, appreciate, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt, bolt down, chow down, cram, delight in, destroy, dispatch, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, eat, enjoy, exhaust, feast on, feed on, gloat over, go through, gobble, gorge*, gulp, guzzle, hoover, imbibe, ingest, inhale, partake of, pig out, polish off, ravage, rejoice in, relish, revel in, scarf down, spend, stuff, take, take in, use up, waste, wipe out, wolf down, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | abstain, pick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume food |
| Synonyms: | absorb, attack, banquet, bite, bolt*, break bread, breakfast, chew, chow down, cram, devour, digest, dine, dispatch, dispose of, fall to, feast upon, feed, gobble up, gorge, gormandize, graze*, have a bite, have a meal, have for, ingest, inhale*, lunch, make pig of oneself, masticate, munch, nibble, nosh, partake of, peck at, pick, pig out, polish off, pork out, put away, ruminate, scarf, scoff, snack, sup, swallow, take food, take in, take nourishment, wolf |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feed on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume |
| Synonyms: | devour, eat, exist on, fare, feast, graze, have a bite, ingest, live on, meal, munch, nibble, nurture, partake, pasture*, peck, pig out, prey on, scarf, snack, sponge, subsist, take, take nourishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imbibe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drink, often heavily |
| Synonyms: | absorb, assimilate, belt, consume, down, gorge, guzzle, ingest, ingurgitate, irrigate, partake, put away, quaff, raise a few, sip, swallow, swig, swill, toss* |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | partake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, share |
| Synonyms: | be a party to, be in on, be into, consume, devour, divide, engage, enter into, feed, get in the act, have a finger in, ingest, participate, receive, sample, savor, sip, sit in, sit in on, take, take part, tune in |
| Notes: | you partake of something and you participate in something |
| Antonyms: | abstain, refrain |
| Main Entry: | swallow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume |
| Synonyms: | absorb, belt, bolt*, chugalug, devour, dispatch, dispose, down, drink, drop, eat, gobble, gulp, imbibe, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, put away, quaff, sip, slurp, swig, swill, take, toss, wash down, wolf |
| Antonyms: | expel, regurgitate, spit out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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