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Drink

Drink Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Drink?
[n] the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"
[n] the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" [n] any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [n] a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner" [n] (informal) any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued" [v] be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage" [v] take in liquids [v] consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [v] drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife" [v] propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" Synonyms | Synonyms for Drink: beverage | booze | boozing | crapulence | deglutition | drink in | drinkable | drinking | drunkenness | fuddle | imbibe | pledge | potable | salute | swallow | toast | wassail Related Terms | Find terms related to Drink: absorb | ade | adsorb | alcohol | alcoholic beverage | alcoholic drink | ambrosia | aperitif | aqua vitae | ardent spirits | assimilate | beef tea | belt | beverage | bib | big drink | birch beer | bishop | blood | blot | blot up | blue | blue water | booze | bouillon | bowle | brandy Alexander | brandy and soda | brandy smash | brew | brine | briny | Bronx cocktail | BS | Bull Shot | bumper | buttered rum | buttermilk | carouse | celebrate | champagne cocktail | chaser | chemisorb | chemosorb | chicory | chocolate milk | chug-a-lug | church parade | cider | cobbler | cocktail | cocoa | coffee | coffee royale | cola | collins | cooler | Cuba Libre | deep | devour | digest | doch-an-dorrach | draft | drag | drain | drain the cup | dram | draught | draw | drench | drink bottoms-up | drink deep | drink hard | drink in | drink off | drink to | drink up | drinkable | drop | dry martini | Dubonnet cocktail | eat | egg cream | eggnog | engorge | engross | engulf | espresso | eye-opener | filter in | finger | firewater | fizz | flip | fluid | fluid extract | fluid mechanics | follow strong drink | frappe | frosted | frosted shake | fruit juice | gargle | gimlet | gin and 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pint | pledge | pop | portion | posset | potable | potation | potion | pousse-cafe | pub-crawl | pull | punch | punch bowl | purl | quaff | rickey | Rob Roy | root beer | root beer float | round | round of drinks | rum | rum punch | salt sea | salt water | salute | sangria | sap | Sazerac | schnapps | schooner | screwdriver | sea | seep in | seltzer | semiliquid | shake | shot | sidecar | sip | sling | slosh | slug | slurp | slurp up | smash | snifter | snort | soak | soak in | soak up | social lubricant | soda | soda pop | soda water | soft drink | sorb | sour | spirits | sponge | spot | spring water | stirrup cup | strong drink | strong waters | suck | suck in | suckle | sundowner | sup | swallow | swig | swill | swill down | swill up | take in | take up | taste | tea | thalassa | the bottle | the bounding main | the brine | the briny | the briny deep | the cup | the deep | the deep sea | the Demon Rum | the flowing bowl | the luscious liquor | the ruddy cup | the seven seas | the vasty deep | tide | tipple | tisane | toast | toddy | tonic | tope | toss | toss down | toss off | tot | toxicant | wash | wash down | wassail | water | water of life | wee doch-an-dorrach | wet | whey | wolf down See Also | absorb | ade | aerophagia | alcohol | alcoholic beverage | bar hop | belt down | bib | body of water | bolt down | carry | chaser | chocolate | cider | claret | cocoa | coffee | consume | consumption | cooler | cyder | down | draft | draft | drain the cup | draught | draught | drink down | drink up | drinking bout | drinking water | engross | engulf | eye opener | fizz | float | food | frappe | fruit crush | fruit drink | fruit juice | ginger beer | give | guggle | gulp | gulp | gurgle | guzzle | habituate | hair of the dog | have | helping | hit it up | hold | honor | honour | hot chocolate | hydromel | ice-cream float | ice-cream soda | immerse | inebriant | inebriate | ingest | ingestion | intake | intemperance | intemperateness | intoxicant | java | kill | lap | lap up | libation | liquid | mate | milk | milk shake | milkshake | mixer | near beer | nightcap | nip | nutrient | pledge | plunge | port | portion | posset | potation | potion | pour down | pub-crawl | quaff | refresher | reward | sangaree | sangria | serving | shake | shandy | shandygaff | sillabub | sip | sip | soak | soak up | soft drink | souse | steep | stirrup cup | suck | sundowner | swig | swig | swill | swill down | syllabub | take | take in | tea | tipple | tipple | toast | toss off | uptake | use | water | whiskey neat | whiskey on the rocks | whisky neat | whisky on the rocks | wine | wish-wash Drink In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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