imbibe
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
take in, also metaphorically
The sponge absorbs water well
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
Types & categories
- absorb hypernym
Related & opposite
- assimilation derivation
- imbibition derivation
- assimilating derivation
Sense 3 verb
take in liquids
The patient must drink several liters each day
Types & categories
- ingest hypernym
- swill down hyponym
- suck hyponym
- gurgle hyponym
- sip hyponym
- guzzle hyponym
- lap up hyponym
- drain the cup hyponym
- gulp hyponym
- down hyponym
Related & opposite
- drain the cup also see
- down also see
- deglutition derivation
- drinking derivation
- beverage derivation
- drink derivation
- juicer derivation
- drinker derivation
Sense 4 verb
receive into the mind and retain
Imbibe ethical principles
Types & categories
- assimilate hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | suck in |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | attract |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucking |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucker |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | juicer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | absorption |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | absorber |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mop up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sponge up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assimilation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | imbibition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assimilating |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | absorb |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | drain the cup |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | down |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deglutition |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | drinking |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | beverage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | drink |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | juicer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | drinker |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ingest |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | swill down |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | suck |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gurgle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sip |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | guzzle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lap up |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | drain the cup |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gulp |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | down |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | assimilate |