drink in

See also: drinkin

English

Verb

drink in (third-person singular simple present drinks in, present participle drinking in, simple past drank in, past participle drunk in)

1. (transitive) To absorb (liquid).

   The dry land drank in the rain.

2. (transitive, figurative) To absorb; to be completely attentive to.

   They listened to him in rapt silence, drinking in his every word.

   I like to walk in the hills and drink in the wonderful views.

   • 1981-1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     I drink in his relaxed body. I love him so much.

   • 2015 June 16, David Stubbs, “Watching the detectives: why the police procedural is more popular than ever”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The detectives may trudge sombrely from one improbable homicide scene to another, week in, week out, as the blue lights circle bleakly, but we, the viewers, sink gleefully into our sofas ready to drink it in like cocoa.

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