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imbibe::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assimilate |
| Type of | absorb |
| Derivation | imbibition |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drink |
| Type of | take, have, take in, ingest, consume |
| Has types | kill, lap, lap up, lick, toss off, pop, pour down, quaff, sip, belt down, suck, swig, swill, swill down, bolt down, down, drain the cup, drink up, drink down, guggle, gulp, gurgle, guzzle |
| Derivation | imbiber, imbibing, imbibition |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | take in, ingest, assimilate, absorb |
Examples of imbibe
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Are they trying to say that ceasing to imbibe coffeehouse coffee makes you dumb?
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The British Raj allowed for both cultures to imbibe tremendously from the other.
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He did not merely imbibe their influences, but copied their works obsessively.
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Just wait, if you do plan to imbibe, until later and then in a responsible manner.
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These lies are repeated so often till folks who are unsuspecting just imbibe them.
From the economist.com
Whatever you imbibe at the Icehotel, it's certain to be a cool experience.
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New research suggests it will help douse their desire to imbibe when they hit campus.
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You can imbibe several varieties of Pelgrim Bier right where it is brewed.
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They imbibe enormous amounts of seawater which they expel through their baleen plates.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Absorb: take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
- Assimilate: take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
- Drink: take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"
- Receive into the mind and retain; "Imbibe ethical principles"
- (imbibing) drinking: the act of consuming liquids
- To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages); To take in; as, to imbibe knowledge
- (imbibing) The act by which something is imbibed
- Absorb water: re-hydrate. n.imbibition
- To absorn; to take in
