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imbibeimbibe /ɪmˈbaɪb/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal or humorous ETYMOLOGYimbibeOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin imbibere, from bibere to drink VERB TABLEimbibe |
| Present | I, you, we, they | imbibe | | he, she, it | imbibes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | imbibed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have imbibed | | he, she, it | has imbibed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had imbibed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will imbibe | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have imbibed |
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| Present | I | am imbibing | | he, she, it | is imbibing | | you, we, they | are imbibing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was imbibing | | you, we, they | were imbibing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been imbibing | | he, she, it | has been imbibing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been imbibing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be imbibing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been imbibing |
THESAURUS to pour a liquid into your mouth and swallow it► drink to pour a liquid into your mouth and swallow it: What do you want to drink? Charlie drinks too much coffee. ► sip to drink something in very small amounts: The coffee was hot, and she sipped it carefully. ► take a sip to drink a small amount of a liquid: Take a sip of this and tell me how it tastes. ► slurp to drink something in a noisy way: Stop slurping your soup. ► gulp (down) to drink all of something very quickly: Ed gulped down the water and asked for another glass. ► imbibe formal to drink something, especially alcohol or something else that affects your body. Used especially in literature or scientific writing: Levels of the hormone go up in women two hours after imbibing alcohol. ► lap (up) if an animal laps a drink, it drinks by touching the liquid with its tongue: The cat quickly lapped up all the milk in the bowl. to drink something, especially alcohol
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