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Imbibe

To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

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Absorb 76% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Assimilate 76% connected

To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

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Consume 76% connected

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Ingest 76% connected

To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Manner of action 16

Blot 76% connected

To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

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Down 76% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Guggle 76% connected

See Gurgle.

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Gulp 76% connected

To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.

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Gurgle 76% connected

To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones.

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Guzzle 76% connected

To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Lap 76% connected

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

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Lick 76% connected

To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

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Mop 76% connected

A made-up face; a grimace.

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Pop 76% connected

A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.

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Quaff 76% connected

To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.

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Sip 76% connected

To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.

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Suck 76% connected

To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…

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Swig 76% connected

To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.

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Swill 76% connected

To wash; to drench.

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Derivationally related 6

Imbiber 74% connected

One who, or that which, imbibes.

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Imbiber 74% connected

One who, or that which, imbibes.

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Imbibition 74% connected

The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons.

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Imbibition 74% connected

The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons.

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Absorb 92% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assimilate 92% connected

To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Draw 92% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drink 92% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Suck 92% connected

To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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