Past tense of ingest
regular verb
The past tense of ingest is ingested. The past participle is also ingested.
Forms of ingest
| Base form (V1) | ingest /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | ingested |
| Past participle (V3) | ingested |
| Present participle | ingesting |
| Third person singular | ingests |
Ingested in a sentence
- The plane's engine ingested a large bird and flamed out.
- While highly poisonous to dogs, this substance is completely harmless if ingested by humans.From the entry poisonous
- Larvated eggs are passed in the feces and are ingested by fly larvae intermediate hosts.2021, Anne M. Zajac, Gary A. Conboy, Susan E. Little, Veterinary Clinical Parasitology, page 136. From the entry larvated
- The gut bacteria are important for programming early immune responses, bioconverting ingested nutrients and inhibiting pathogenic bacteria.2015 April 2, Cary R. Allen-Blevins, David A. Sela, Katie Hinde, “Milk bioactives may manipulate microbes to mediate parent–offspring…. From the entry bioconvert
- Once ingested, the poison attacks the membranes of the neurone cells, causing death by convulsion in seconds.2014, Charlie Charters, Bolt Action, →ISBN. From the entry tets
Meaning of ingest
- verb To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
- verb To cause (an undesired object or fluid) to enter the engine, generally via the intake.
- verb To bring or import into a system.
Questions about the past tense of ingest
- What is the past tense of ingest?
- The past tense of ingest is ingested.
- What is the past participle of ingest?
- The past participle of ingest is ingested.
- Is ingest a regular or irregular verb?
- Ingest is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ingest (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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