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What's The Definition Of Drink?

\Drink\ (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Drank} (dr[a^][ng]k), formerly {Drunk} (dr[u^][ng]k); & p. p. {Drunk}, {Drunken} (-'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drinking}. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank, not infrequently used as a p. p., is not so analogical.] [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. {Drench}, {Drunken}, {Drown}.] 1. To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring. Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink. --Luke xvii. 8. He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty. --Job xxi. 20. Drink of the cup that can not cloy. --Keble. 2. To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the ?se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple. --Pope. And they drank, and were merry with him. --Gem. xliii. 34. Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely. --Thackeray. {To drink to}, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking. I drink to the general joy of the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo. --Shak.
\Drink\, v. t. 1. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water. There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss, There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. --Spenser. The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. --Thackeray. 2. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe. And let the purple violets drink the stream. --Dryden. 3. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see. To drink the cooler air, --Tennyson. My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words Of that tongue's utterance. --Shak. Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye. --Pope. 4. To smoke, as tobacco. [Obs.] And some men now live ninety years and past, Who never drank to tobacco first nor last. --Taylor (1630.) {To drink down}, to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. --Shak. {To drink in}, to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. ``Song was the form of literature which he [Burns] had drunk in from his cradle.'' --J. C. Shairp. {To drink off} or {up}, to drink the whole at a draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial. {To drink the health of}, or {To drink to the health of}, to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.
\Drink\, n. 1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions. Give me some drink, Titinius. --Shak. 2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out. {Drink money}, or {Drink penny}, an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity. {Drink offering} (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service. {In drink}, drunk. ``The poor monster's in drink.'' --Shak. {Strong drink}, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. `` Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.'' --Prov. xx. 1.