Ingest (3)
I believe the answer is:
eat
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">ingest</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(eating is a kind of ingesting)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for eat that I've seen before include "Do cats - bats? Do bats - cats? (Alice in Wonderland)" , "put away" , "Gobble up" , "Partake of" , "Dine in a restaurant" .)