The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
INGEST
absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in
(verb) take up mentally; āhe absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribeā
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly; āHave another bowl of chicken soup!ā; āI donāt take sugar in my coffeeā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
ingest (third-person singular simple present ingests, present participle ingesting, simple past and past participle ingested)
(transitive) To take a substance (e.g. food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
(transitive) To bring or import into a system.
Usage notes
• Often used in labelling of chemical products. Common phrase: "Do not ingest", meaning "Do not take in / Do not swallow".
Hyponyms
• imbibe
Noun
ingest (uncountable)
The process of importing data or other material into a system.
Anagrams
• get-ins, signet, stinge, tinges
Source: Wiktionary
In*gest", v. t. Etym: [L. ingenium, p. p. of ingerere to put in; pref. in- in + gerere to bear.]
Definition: To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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