To absorb or experience something with great pleasure and intensity, using all one's senses.
Enjoy looking at or experiencing something so much that it feels like you can't get enough of it.
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To look at, listen to, or experience something beautiful or interesting with great enjoyment and full attention.
"They stood at the top of the hill, drinking in the breathtaking view of the valley below."
She drank in the sight of him, storing it up like a camel before a long desert crossing.
— Jojo Moyes, 'Me Before You' (2012)
To listen to or read something eagerly, absorbing every word.
"The students drank in every word of the professor's fascinating lecture."
To bring liquid into the body by drinking.
Enjoy looking at or experiencing something so much that it feels like you can't get enough of it.
Typically used with sensory experiences such as scenery, sounds, or atmosphere. It has a strongly positive, appreciative tone. Common in literary and descriptive writing.
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