imbibe
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Collins Definition
Verb
imbibed, past participle; imbibes, 3rd person singular present; imbibing, present participle; imbibed, past tense;
/imˈbīb/,
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imbibed, past participle; imbibes, 3rd person singular present; imbibing, present participle; imbibed, past tense;
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Drink (alcohol)
- - they were imbibing far too many pitchers of beer
- - having imbibed too freely, he fell over
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Absorb or assimilate (ideas or knowledge)
- - she had imbibed the gospel of modernism from Kandinsky
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(esp. of seeds) Absorb (water) into ultramicroscopic spaces or pores
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Place (seeds) in water in order to absorb it
Web Definitions:
- 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