Imbibe
21imbibe — im·bibe || ɪm baɪb v. drink; absorb; take in …
22imbibe — [ɪm bʌɪb] verb 1》 formal or humorous drink (alcohol). 2》 literary absorb (ideas or knowledge). 3》 chiefly Botany absorb (water) into ultramicroscopic spaces or pores. Derivatives imbiber noun imbibition ɪmbɪ bɪʃ(ə)n noun ( …
23imbibe — v. a. 1. Absorb, take in, suck in, such up, swallow up. 2. Receive, gather, acquire, gain, get, pick up …
24imbibe — verb (I, T) formal or humorous 1 to drink something, especially alcohol: Having imbibed rather too freely, he fell forward against the table. 2 to accept and be influenced by qualities, ideas, values etc: imbibing radical political ideas …
25imbibe — verb, formal 1) they d imbibed too much whiskey Syn: drink, consume, quaff, guzzle, gulp (down); informal knock back, down, swill, chug 2) he had imbibed liberally Syn: drink (alcohol) …
26imbibe — v 1. drink, quaff, sip, sup, Archaic. bib, Inf. swig, Inf. belt, Inf. pull; drain, wash down, toss off; gulp, swallow, Sl. guzzle or guzzle down, Sl. swill or swill down; (all of alcoholic beverages) tipple, tope, bouse, Inf. booze, nip, Archaic …
27imbibe — im·bibe …
28imbibe — [c]/ɪmˈbaɪb / (say im buyb) verb (imbibed, imbibing) –verb (t) 1. to drink in, or drink. 2. to absorb or take in as if by drinking. 3. to take or receive into the mind, as knowledge, ideas, etc. –verb (i) 4. to drink; absorb liquid or moisture. 5 …
29imbibe — Inu, kāmau …
30imbibe — v.tr. 1 (also absol.) drink (esp. alcoholic liquor). 2 a absorb or assimilate (ideas etc.). b absorb (moisture etc.). 3 inhale (air etc.). Derivatives: imbiber n. imbibition n. Etymology: ME f. L imbibere (as IN (2), bibere drink) …
