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as in to drink
to swallow in liquid form
an array of colorful and tasty drinks for party guests to imbibe
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Recent Examples of imbibe
But perhaps one of the biggest perks for those who imbibe is that two alcoholic drinks (take your pick of wine, beer, or seltzer) are included with the price of a ticket.
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Aaraf Adam, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
Which leads us, after an afternoon imbibing crisp bottles of local Athiri wine, to join Xatzikeli and the entire Hatzikelis family in a circle for the traditional, celebratory Greek dance.
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Downtown Saratoga also has options for those whose St. Patrick’s Day activities include imbibing adult beverages.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Here is a world where carcasses sizzle on the grill, insects whir around sweat-glistening flesh, and pills are strewn on the table, as Rose begins imbibing a cocktail of mystery tablets prescribed to her by Gómez.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
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Aaraf Adam, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
Which leads us, after an afternoon imbibing crisp bottles of local Athiri wine, to join Xatzikeli and the entire Hatzikelis family in a circle for the traditional, celebratory Greek dance.
—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Downtown Saratoga also has options for those whose St. Patrick’s Day activities include imbibing adult beverages.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Here is a world where carcasses sizzle on the grill, insects whir around sweat-glistening flesh, and pills are strewn on the table, as Rose begins imbibing a cocktail of mystery tablets prescribed to her by Gómez.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imbibe
Verb
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Tonya drinks too much and is blacked out most of the time.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
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Currently, more than 200 million Americans, or about 75% of the population, drink fluoridated water.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Huge fans blow outside air across a liquid that absorbs carbon dioxide molecules.—
David Pogue,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
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The problem that absorbed them takes a key theme in mathematics and turns it into a concrete tool for group theorists.—
Leila Sloman,
WIRED,
23 Mar. 2025
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The beer garden and front patio are both excellent places to soak up the sunny weather and sip a cold one. 3keysbrewing.com; 2505 Manatee Ave.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 Mar. 2025
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Once inside the dining hall, Middleton paid for the soldiers’ drinks and was even spotted sipping a half-pint of Guinness — the unit’s go-to drink — herself, People reported.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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Slurp your bev up like a straw or tip the bottle back to gulp it down.—
Louryn Strampe,
WIRED,
22 Mar. 2025
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That would have been like the Celtics willingly trading, gulp, Paul Pierce to the Heat at one point.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Imbibe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imbibe. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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