imbibing

verbdrink, often heavily

Synonyms for imbibing

verb drink, often heavily

Antonyms for imbibing

absorption

noun. assimilation, incorporation

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from Old French imbiber, embiber "to soak into," from Latin imbibere "absorb, drink in, inhale," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + bibere "to drink," related to potare "to drink," from PIE *po(i)- "to drink" (see potion). Figurative sense of "mentally drink in" (knowledge, ideas, etc.) was the main one in classical Latin, first attested in English 1550s. Related: Imbibed; imbibing.

Example Sentences for imbibing

Both were rather noisy and had evidently been imbibing freely.

It was evident that Palmer was imbibing more freely than usual.

Her suicide by imbibing poison from secret receptacle in ring.

In partaking of soup, or imbibing any liquid, do so noiselessly.

The doctor was very silent this evening, imbibing Sally without comment.

You have been imbibing the drop too much and will hear of this from the Company.

The technical name for that imbibing of good qualities is stmbhva.

A snapshot revealed him imbibing from Gee-gees Cinderella slipper.

The result of our imbibing was that Jacobs clapped Number One on the shoulder.

The wine he had been imbibing was buoying him up, and he was inclined to be garrulous.

imbibing

Synonyms for imbibing

Antonyms for imbibing

More words related to imbibing

absorbent

absorption