to imbibe

Examples

• All

• The sponge can imbibe a significant amount of liquid, making it useful for cleaning spills.

• Certain materials imbibe heat during the day, releasing it slowly at night.

• But you know, This is why I introduce you to this whole world of gases, which you imbibe all the time, the drinks, the holidays.

• After all, everyone in the city would have imbibed the same water.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I think we imbibe and absorb chemicals that handicap us more than anything else.

• I had not sufficiently imbibed the magical waters.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The bodies may be concreted of both together; they may imbibe aether as well as air in generation, and in that aether the spirit is entangled.

  Academic text (2009)

• When one imbibes in alcohol, it tends to decrease the level of dopamine, and thus minimize one's sensitivity not only to praise and blame, but maybe even disturb the hemostatic functioning of the anatomy.

  Academic text (1995)

• Plants imbibe water through their roots to sustain growth.

Synonyms

A

to absorb

vsto imbibe

217 3.0

To take in things such as liquid, light, or information

refers specifically to gases, light, or heat entering a solution

T

to take in

vsto imbibe

35 3.0

Pull in and hold a liquid or gas

is limited to gases, light, or heat being absorbed into a solution

S

to soak up

vsto imbibe

13 2.6

To take in liquid completely like a sponge or cloth

is about gases, light, or heat entering a solution rather than liquids

A

to assimilate

vsto imbibe

• Specialized

4 7.7

Enter and become part of a material, as with heat or gas

describes the same process focused on gases, light, and heat

I

to impregnate

vsto imbibe

3 7.4

To fill something completely with a liquid or chemical

involves taking gases, light, or heat into a solution not general saturation

How Absorbent

to saturate

55 5.2

to imbibe

• Specialized

1 7.5

to absorb

217 3.0

to take in

35 3.0

Surface Forms

Etymology