imbibe

imbibe has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.
• v. t.. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.
• v. t.. To saturate; to imbue.
• v.. receive into the mind and retain; "Imbibe ethical principles"
• v.. take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"
• v.. take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
• v.. take (gas, light or heat) into a solution