Synonyms for drink in
drink in

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1. drink in

   A fluid that is absorbed is taken up into the mass of the absorbing body, with which it may or may not permanently combine. Wood expands when it absorbs moisture, iron when it absorbs heat, the substance remaining perhaps otherwise substantially unchanged; quicklime, when it absorbs water, becomes a new substance with different qualities, hydrated or slaked lime. A substance is consumed which is destructively appropriated by some other substance, being, or agency, so that it ceases to exist or to be recognized as existing in its original condition; fuel is consumed in the fire, food in the body; consume is also applied to whatever is removed from the market for individual use; as, silk and woolen goods are consumed. A great talker engrosses the conversation. A credulous person swallows the most preposterous statement. A busy student imbibes or drinks in knowledge; he is absorbed in a subject that takes his whole attention. "I only postponed it because I happened to get absorbed in a book." Kane Grinnell Exped. ch. 43, page 403. [Harper & Bros. '54.]

   Synonyms:
   absorb, consume, drink up, engross, exhaust, imbibe, suck up, swallow, swallow up, take in, take up

   Antonyms:
   cast out, disgorge, disperse, dissipate, distract, eject, emit, exude, give up, put forth, radiate, send out, shoot forth, throw off, vomit

   Preposition:
   Plants absorb moisture from the air; the student is absorbed in thought; nutriment may be absorbed into the system through the skin.

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1. drink in, drinkverb

   be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to

   "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage"

   Synonyms:
   fuddle, drink, salute, pledge, tope, imbibe, wassail, booze, toast

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1. Tsuyoshi Ohta:

   We found that foreigners drink in the daytime, not like us who drink at night, usually at izakaya-style bars, we don't have that kind of culture.

2. Jimmy Cannon:

   Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime.

3. Jonathan Gibralter:

   In college, many times students drink in a way that most people don't comprehend. They drink to accomplish a goal called becoming blackout drunk, they don't know their own capacity, and oftentimes underage students get into situations where they find themselves in trouble and they don't even know how they got there.

4. Sarah Church:

   [Alcohol] is really normalized, but some people find that they can’t drink safely or they can’t drink in control and so they have to make changes or they have to stop drinking.

5. Josephine Thomas:

   You've got the grass courts, the umpires, the ball girls, it's just like Wimbledon without the hassle, we like to drink in the atmosphere. Then I'm happy to watch Wimbledon on TV for two weeks.