A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
Because dry wind (like a dry sponge) imbibes the particles of vapour from the surface of the linen, as fast as they are formed.
The south wind (being much heated by the hot sands of Africa) imbibes water very plentifully, as it passes over the Mediterranean Sea and British Channel.
Not being so warm as our hand, it imbibes the heat from it with such rapidity, that our loss of heat is palpable, and produces the sensation of coldness.
The exceptions I have just alluded to are chiefly confined to the instance of suctorious mandibles; or those which, being furnished at the end with an orifice, the animal inserting them into its prey, imbibes their juices through it.
Virey has observed, the caterpillar is simultaneous with the leaf of the tree or plant on which it feeds, and the butterfly with the flowers of which it imbibes the nectar[72].
He imbibes freely--the current fashions of the hour amongst whites.
The mild Hindoo imbibes it quietly, but approvingly, as he watches the evolutions of the Nautch girls, and his partiality for it has already enriched the Anglo-Bengalee vocabulary and London slang with the word “simkin.
Wedgewood (whether black or white) imbibes much of the essence of the tea, and from constant use soon becomes unpleasant.
Meat pies should always have a bottom crust, as the gravy it imbibes makes it very relishing.
The affinity of sulphuric acid for water is so strong that, when exposed in an open saucer, it imbibes one-third of its weight from the atmosphere in 24 hours, and fully six times its weight in a few months.
The grain imbibes about one half its weight of water, and increases in size by about one-fifth.
As soon as he imbibes the fear of being called a "greenhorn" he assumes the "Prince Isaac" with less regret.
Some wisdom he imbibes through his pores and those of the sheepskin cover.
The Doctor might have a lozengy shield with a suitable tincture, while my genial friend who occasionally imbibes could have a barry shield surmounted by a small effigy of Gambrinus.
And my friend who imbibes and I were left down in the front hall, and while we were talking there you put your head over the banisters and asked, 'Who's that down there?
The gas so treated imbibes or dissolves a portion of the liquid, and burns with increased brilliancy.
Undoubtedly, the germ imbibes materials from this matter for its nurture and growth.
After its conception it imbibes nourishment, and there is a disposition in fluids to pass into it, through its delicately-organized membranes.
Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure unreproved.
The mild Hindoo imbibes it quietly, but approvingly, as he watches the evolutions of the Nautch girls, and his partiality for the wine has already enriched the Anglo-Bengalee vocabulary and London slang with the word 'simkin.
And the teacher imbibes the spirit of the poet and becomes vital and thus becomes attuned to all life.
The root has not merely one orifice for absorbing, but it imbibes upon the whole surface, from its being still immersed in the chemical menstruum.
It dissolves the air, (imbibes it) like the earth.
Coffee readily imbibes exhalations from other substances, and thus often acquires a bad flavour: brown sugar placed near it will communicate a disagreeable flavour.
For the spiritual man imbibes commands from the Lord through the Word, and executes them through the natural man.
For having a little water in the vessel which contains the quicksilver, it imbibes the acid vapour, and at length becomes truly saturated with it.
If a sufficient quantity of quicksilver cannot be procured, oil may be used with sufficient advantage, for this purpose, as it imbibes the fixed air very slowly.
Roasted alum alsoimbibes alkaline air, and, like the raw alum that has been exposed to it, acquires a taste that is peculiarly disagreeable.
Spirit of wine imbibes alkaline air as readily as water, and seems to be as inflammable afterwards as before.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "imbibes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
