drink in

present singular third person drinks in · participle present drinking in · past drank in · participle past drunk in

1. transitiveTo absorb (liquid).

   The dry land drank in the rain.

2. figurativelytransitiveTo absorb; to be completely attentive to.

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

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

   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.

   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.

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