imbibe (verb)
1imbibe — ► VERB 1) formal or humorous drink (alcohol). 2) absorb (ideas or knowledge). DERIVATIVES imbiber noun. ORIGIN Latin imbibere, from bibere to drink …
2imbibe — verb (imbibed; imbibing) Etymology: Middle English enbiben to absorb, cause to absorb, from Latin imbibere to drink in, absorb, from in + bibere to drink more at potable Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. archaic soak, steep 2 …
3imbibe — verb /ɪmˈbaɪb/ a) To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages). b) To take in; as, to imbibe knowledge. See Also: beverage …
4imbibe — 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 …
5imbibe — 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) …
6imbibe — [[t]ɪmba͟ɪb[/t]] imbibes, imbibing, imbibed 1) VERB To imbibe alcohol means to drink it. [FORMAL, often HUMOROUS] [V n] They were used to imbibing enormous quantities of alcohol... No one believes that current nondrinkers should be encouraged to… …
7imbibe — UK [ɪmˈbaɪb] / US verb Word forms imbibe : present tense I/you/we/they imbibe he/she/it imbibes present participle imbibing past tense imbibed past participle imbibed 1) [intransitive/transitive] often humorous to drink something 2) [transitive]… …
8imbibe — im|bibe [ ım baıb ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive OFTEN HUMOROUS to drink something 2. ) transitive FORMAL if you imbibe ideas, feelings, or qualities, you experience them and are influenced by them …
9imbibe — [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 …
10imbibe — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To drink] Syn. quaff, guzzle, ingest; see drink 1 , 2 , swallow . 2. [To absorb] Syn. take in, assimilate, soak up, drink in; see absorb 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. drink, partake, consume, quaff, swallow, guzzle,… …