Definition of "ingest"

ingest

/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst/

verb
third-person singular simple present ingests, present participle ingesting, simple past and past participle ingested
1. (transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
2. (aviation, transitive, by extension, of a jet engine) To cause (an undesired object or fluid) to enter the engine, generally via the intake.
3. (transitive) To bring or import into a system.
  Quotations
  While this might seem like more than enough computing power for these purposes, the same machine is also used to ingest, archive and distribute TRMM data to the user community.
  2013, R. L. Grossman, C. Kamath, P. Kegelmeyer, Data Mining for Scientific and Engineering Applications, page 176
noun
uncountable
1. The process of importing data or other material into a system.
  Quotations
  Film is a physical, photochemical medium that requires a significant transformation process for ingest into the electronic/digital domain of television.
  2007, Edmund A. Williams, National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook
  Material received by the BSF for ingest into storage, and the items being picked and refilled, are all processed in an ancillary hall next to the high-density storage area.
  2013, Michael Heaney, Catriona Jeanne Cannon, Transforming the Bodleian, page 78