drink in

1. 1.

   be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to

   “The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage”

   Synonymsdrink

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Questions about drink in

What does drink in mean?

drink in means "be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to".

What is another word for drink in?

Close synonyms include drink. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drink in a common word?

drink in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.