imbibe
/im'bed/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To drink (a liquid): To consume a liquid, especially an alcoholic beverage, by drinking.
- To absorb or assimilate (ideas, knowledge, or qualities): To take in and make part of one's understanding or character, often gradually or deeply.
- To take in (a gas, light, or heat): For a substance to absorb or soak up something like a gas or moisture.
Usage and Examples
Verb (To drink):
- It is common to imbibe water throughout the day for good health.
- They went to the pub to imbibe a few pints of beer.
Verb (To absorb ideas/knowledge):
- Students are encouraged to imbibe the principles of critical thinking.
- She imbibed a love for literature from her teacher.
Verb (To take in a substance):
- The dry soil quickly imbibed the rainwater.
- This material can imbibe a significant amount of oil.
Advanced Usage
- "to imbibe something from someone/something": To absorb or learn something from a particular source.
- He imbibed his political views from his family.
- "to imbibe freely/heavily": To drink alcohol, often in large quantities.
- At the festival, some guests imbibed freely.
Variants and Related Words
- Imbibition (n): The process of absorbing or taking in a liquid.
- The imbibition of water causes the seed to swell.
- Imbiber (n): A person who drinks, especially one who drinks alcohol.
- He was known as a regular imbiber at the local tavern.
Synonyms
- Drink: To take a liquid into the mouth and swallow it.
- Absorb: To take in or soak up (a substance, information, or ideas).
- Assimilate: To take in and understand fully (information or ideas).
- Ingest: To take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body.
Antonyms
- Emit: To produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation).
- Exude: To discharge (a liquid or smell) slowly and steadily.
- Reject: To dismiss or refuse to accept (an idea or concept).
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "Imbibe the spirit of...": To deeply absorb or take on the essential quality or atmosphere of something.
- The students were encouraged to imbibe the spirit of inquiry.
- "Imbibe knowledge": A common collocation meaning to absorb or take in knowledge.
- He spent his youth traveling to imbibe knowledge from different cultures.
Verb
- receive into the mind and retain
- Imbibe ethical principles
- take in liquids
- The patient must drink several liters each day
- The children like to drink soda
- take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
- take in, also metaphorically
- The sponge absorbs water well
- She drew strength from the minister's words