Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Imbibe

//ɪmˈbaɪb// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).

    "Perhaps in the case of the vodka-drinking peasant it is this weekly parboil which saves his life and postpones the dreadful day when the constant imbibing of unlimited quantities of the deadly liquor must be paid for."

  2. 2
    receive into the mind and retain wordnet
  3. 3
    To take in; absorb. figuratively

    "to imbibe knowledge"

  4. 4
    take in liquids wordnet
  5. 5
    To steep; to cause to absorb liquid. obsolete, transitive
Show 2 more definitions
  1. 6
    take in, also metaphorically wordnet
  2. 7
    take (gas, light or heat) into a solution wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English imbiben, from Latin imbibō, from im- + bibō (“to drink”) (whence also beverage), from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-, whence also potable, potion.

See also for "imbibe"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: imbibe