drink
Plural: drinks
Noun
- a single serving of a beverage
- "I asked for a hot drink"
- "likes a drink before dinner"
- the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
- "drink was his downfall"
- any liquid suitable for drinking
- any large deep body of water
- "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"
- the act of swallowing
- "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
- A beverage.
- Drinks in general; something to drink.
- A type of beverage (usually mixed).
- A (served) alcoholic beverage.
- The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
- Alcoholic beverages in general.
- A standard drink.
- Any body of water.
- A downpour; a cloudburst; a rainstorm; a deluge; a lot of rain.
Verb
Verb Forms: drank, drunk, drinking, drinks
- To swallow a liquid; to absorb.
- take in liquids
- "The patient must drink several liters each day"
- "The children like to drink soda"
- consume alcohol
- "We were up drinking all night"
- propose a toast to
- "Let's drink to the New Year"
- be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to
- "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage"
- drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
- "The husband drinks and beats his wife"
- To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
- To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
- To consume alcoholic beverages.
- To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
- To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
- To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially
- To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially:
- To express one's desire for the accomplishment of a toast, sentiment or event, to wish, hope (for), forward (especially as 'to drink the health (of someone)').
- To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially:
- [with to ‘someone or something’]
- To smoke, as tobacco.
- Used in phrasal verbs: drink down, drink in, drink off, drink out, drink to, drink up.
Examples
- A drink of wine is about 5 ounces
- Can I buy you a drink?
- Everyone who is drinking is drinking, but not everyone who is drinking is drinking.
- He drank the water I gave him.
- He was about to take a drink from his root beer.
- I always drink water during a long Words With Friends session to stay hydrated.
- If he doesn't pay off the mafia, he’ll wear cement shoes to the bottom of the drink!
- I’d like another drink please.
- Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.
- My favourite drink is the White Russian.
- No thanks, I don't drink.
- You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
- You've been drinking, haven't you?
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan (“to drink, swallow up, engulf”), from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), nasalised variant of *dʰreǵ- (“to draw, glide”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian drinke (“to drink”), Low German drinken (“to drink”), Dutch drinken (“to drink”), German trinken (“to drink”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål drikke (“to drink”), Norwegian Nynorsk drikka (“to drink”).
Synonyms
beverage, booze, boozing, crapulence, deglutition, drink in, drinkable, drinking, drunkenness, fuddle, imbibe, pledge, potable, salute, swallow, toast, tope, wassail, alcohol, alcoholic beverage, booze#Verb, drink, drink alcohol, gulp, hydrate, quaff, see Thesaurus:drink, sip, swig, wet one's beak, wet one's whistle
Scrabble Score: 10
drink: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddrink: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drink: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary