imbibe

About 0.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
2. verb To take in; absorb.

   to imbibe knowledge

3. verb To steep; to cause to absorb liquid.

Similar words

drink absorb suck up sop up soak up suck assimilate take up draw take in

Often followed by

the a their water and it from its in

Word family

imbibed imbiber imbibers imbibes imbibing