verb
- drinking (a liquid), especially alcoholic beverages
- absorbing or taking in (ideas, knowledge, or influences)
Usage: figurative
Examples
- He was imbibing wine at the dinner party.
- The guests were imbibing freely at the celebration.
- She spent the evening imbibing knowledge from the professor’s lecture.
- The students were imbibing the cultural traditions of their host country.
- After imbibing too much at the bar, he called a taxi home.
- The young artist was imbibing inspiration from the museum’s collection.