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Sipped
To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
📖 Definitions of "Sipped"
- 1
To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
"The water steadily seeped in through the thirl."
- 2
To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.
"Fear began to seep into the local community over the contamination of their fishpond."
- 3
To diminish or wane away slowly.
"The resistance movement against the invaders had slowly seeped away."
- 1
To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.
- 2
To drink a small quantity.
- 3
To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
- 4
To consume slowly — in contrast to faster consumption, in contrast to zero consumption
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sipped"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tastingnoun | The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it. |
| suppedverb | To eat supper. |
| tastedverb | (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally. |
| savoredverb | Alternative spelling of savour. [(transitive) To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.] |
| sampledverb | (transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of. |
| dranknoun | (slang) A drink, usually alcoholic. |
| imbibedverb | To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages). |
| swiggedverb | To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff. |
| swallowed | completely enclosed or swallowed up |
| gulpedverb | To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow. |
| downed | That has been brought down, usually by force. |
| nursed | (of an infant) breast-fed |
| nippedverb | To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. |
| slurpedverb | (transitive) To eat or drink noisily. |
| tippledverb | (ambitransitive) To drink too much alcohol. |
| quaffedverb | To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts. |
| guzzledverb | To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto. |
| lapped | Being one or more complete laps behind the leader in a race. |
| draughtedverb | (British spelling) Alternative spelling of draft [(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.] |
| ingested | taken into the stomach |
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