Drink

Quick meaning: Drink is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

No thanks, I don't drink.

He drank the water I gave him.

You've been drinking, haven't you?

Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.

Word Forms

• drinks
• drinking
• drinked
• drinken
• drinck
• drinke

Synonyms for drink

Depending on context, synonyms include hydrate, imbibe, beverage, gulp, sip, swig.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tope, boozing, imbibe, inebriant, intoxicant, drunkenness.

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