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US
/ɪmˈbaɪb/
]
[ UK /ɪmbˈaɪb/ ]
[ UK /ɪmbˈaɪb/ ]
VERB
-
take in, also metaphorically
She drew strength from the minister's words
The sponge absorbs water well -
receive into the mind and retain
Imbibe ethical principles - take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
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take in liquids
The children like to drink soda
The patient must drink several liters each day
How To Use imbibe In A Sentence
- From this verbal prestidigitator, we imbibe the lesson that both storyteller and con man make us willing victims. A Small-Town Sorcerer Casts His Spell
- So far this year, I have imbibed on raicilla (not bad - made in the nearby jungle) on the beach at Yelapa, mescal from a community shot glass at a fiesta in Teotitlan del Valle outside of Oaxaca City and some mighty fine double martinis on the River Walk in San Antonio. The Subject of Mescal
- They enact the roles they have imbibed from their forefathers acting successively over seven generations.
- She decided it was a good thing he'd been drunk - an unexpected bonus; she was perfectly certain he didn't normally imbibe to excess. ON A WICKED DAWN
- Research has found that children who imbibe soft drinks tend to consume more calories than those who don't.
- I talk to Isabelle in English always so she will imbibe its sounds. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
- Lovely, to be sure, but if it wasn't accepted as being classic, it would upset those more obdurate imbibers with its bravura.
- The food was delicious, the wine imbibed with much vigour and the ambience tranquil yet mellow, hearty yet calm.
- Its doctrine was self-sufficiency and the Fabian socialism that Nehru's generation imbibed during the struggle against colonialism.
- A permeable seed imbibes water readily when available, while an impermeable one does not take up water for days or longer.