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Imbibition

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The act of imbibing.

n. Chemistry Absorption of fluid by a solid or colloid that results in swelling.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. the act of imbibing.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of imbibing; the absorption of a liquid into the passages or pores of a body.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel

n. the act of consuming liquids

Word Usage

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Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

absorption soaking up

Cross Reference

imbibe

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