Imbibe

/ɪmˈbaɪb/

Synonyms for "imbibe" (117 found)

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Verb(7 words)

absorb assimilate drink absorbed absorbs boozedconsume fluids

absorb adsorb assimilate bib blotblot upbooze chemisorb chemosorb devour digestdrain the cupdram

Noun(4 words)

absorbing blatz boozes boozing

Strong matches (35)

Verb(6 words)

drank drawdrink waterguzzled ingest internalize

drinkdrink bottoms-updrink deepdrink harddrink indrink offdrink todrink upeat engorge engross engulffilter infollow strong drinkgargle gobble grog gulpgulp downguzzle

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incorporate infiltrate ingest ingurgitateknock backlap

Noun(3 words)

drinking drinks guzzling

Related words (58)

lap upliquor upnip osmose percolatepercolate inpledge pull quaffseep insipslurp upsoaksoak insoak upsorb sponge sucksuck insuckle

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sup swallow swig swillswill downswill uptaketake intake uptank uptipple toast tope tosstoss downtoss offwash downwolf down

Verb(15 words)

learn quaff quench saturate sipsoak upsop upsponged sucksuck upswiggedtake intake uptippled wined

Noun(5 words)

nightcaps soaks tipples tippling tots

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

absorb act assimilate consume have ingest move taketake in

More specific

7 entries

assimilate gulp internalize learn quaff sip slurp

Collocations

6 entries

imbibe cultureimbibe ideasimbibe informationimbibe knowledgeimbibe normsimbibe traditions

Inflections

3 entries

imbibed imbibes imbibing

Derivations

3 entries

imbibable imbiber imbibition

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I don't imbibe.

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Shall we imbibe?

Source: tatoeba (10243733)

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.

Source: wiktionary

Without its sting, the common yellowjacket would be unable to steal ham from our sandwich or imbibe the sweet juice from our peach.

Source: wiktionary

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