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1. The act of consuming liquids
   - drinking, imbibition

1. Take in, also metaphorically
   "The sponge imbibes water well"
   - absorb, suck, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
    
2. Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
   - assimilate
    
3. Take in liquids
   "The patient must imbibe several litres each day"
   - drink
    
4. Receive into the mind and retain
   "Imbibe ethical principles"

See also: imbiber, imbibition

Type of: absorb, assimilate, consume, consumption, have, ingest, ingestion, intake, take, take in, uptake