Meaning

(ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth..

Definitions by Sense

1. (ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
2. (transitive, metonymic) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
3. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
4. (transitive) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
5. (transitive) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
6. (transitive, archaic) To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially:
7. (transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.
8. Used in phrasal verbs: drink down, drink in, drink off, drink out, drink to, drink up.

Example Sentences

He drank the water I gave him.

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

[…] There liues ſhee with the bleſſed Gods in bliſſe: / There drinks the Nectar with Ambroſia mixt […]

It was he who proposed the bowl of punch, which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty’s room, and which Gumbo concocted with exquisite skill.

That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.

Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.

You've been drinking, haven't you?

No thanks, I don't drink.

Word Forms

• drinks
• drinking
• drank
• drunk
• drinked
• drunken
• drinken
• dranken
• dhrink
• drinck
• drinke
• thrink

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When Should You Use Drink?

Use drink when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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