imbibe
To drinkTo drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
» I don't imbibe.
Я не пью.
Meaning
3 sensesTo drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
trinken
питьpitʹ, принима́тьprinimátʹ
(figuratively)To take in; absorb.
to imbibe knowledge
vereinnahmen
перенима́тьperenimátʹ, поглоща́тьpogloščátʹ
take in liquids
(obsolete, transitive)To steep; to cause to absorb liquid.
Examples
5 sentencesI don't imbibe.
ruЯ не пью.
Shall we imbibe?
"I came, I imbibed, I exbibed." "Exbibed?" "Think about it." "I wish I hadn't."
Immediately after the inundation is imbibed, the Beduins sow the seed upon the alluvial mud, without any previous preparation whatever.
"Oh dear, Thomas, my good sir, I seem to have imbibed excessively and now I'm quite inebriated." "Stop talking like that, John!"
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English imbiben, from Latin imbibō, from im- + bibō (“to drink”) (whence alsoFrom 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.
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Forms
imbibes, imbibing, imbibed, imbibedSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle