Verb: imbibe im'bIb
- Take in liquids
"The patient must imbibe several litres each day";
- drink
- Take in, also metaphorically
"The sponge imbibes water well";
- absorb, suck, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
- Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
"Plants imbibe light energy during photosynthesis";
- assimilate
- Receive into the mind and retain
"Imbibe ethical principles"
Derived forms: imbibing, imbibes, imbibed
Type of: absorb, act, assimilate, consume, have, ingest, move, take, take in
Encyclopedia: Imbibe