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drink
[dringk] 
verb, drank or (Nonstandard
) drunk, drunk or, often, drank, drink⋅ing; noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe. |
| 2. | to imbibe alcoholic drinks, esp. habitually or to excess; tipple: He never drinks. They won't find jobs until they stop drinking. |
| 3. | to show one's respect, affection, or hopes with regard to a person, thing, or event by ceremoniously taking a swallow of wine or some other drink (often fol. by to): They drank to his victory. |
| 4. | to be savored or enjoyed by drinking: a wine that will drink deliciously for many years. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow. |
| 6. | to take in (a liquid) in any manner; absorb. |
| 7. | to take in through the senses, esp. with eagerness and pleasure (often fol. by in): He drank in the beauty of the scene. |
| 8. | to swallow the contents of (a cup, glass, etc.). |
| 9. | to propose or participate in a toast to (a person, thing, or event): to drink one's health. |
–noun
| 10. | any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage. |
| 11. | liquor; alcohol. |
| 12. | excessive indulgence in alcohol: Drink was his downfall. |
| 13. | a swallow or draft of liquid; potion: She took a drink of water before she spoke. |
| 14. | Informal. a large body of water, as a lake, ocean, river, etc. (usually prec. by the): His teammates threw him in the drink. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME drinken, OE drincan; c. D drinken, G trinken, Goth drinkan, ON drekka
bef. 900; ME drinken, OE drincan; c. D drinken, G trinken, Goth drinkan, ON drekka
Synonyms:
2. tope. 5. quaff. Drink, imbibe, sip refer to swallowing liquids. Drink is the general word: to drink coffee. Imbibe is formal in reference to actual drinking; it is used more often in the sense to absorb: to imbibe culture. Sip implies drinking little by little: to sip a cup of broth. 9. toast.
2. tope. 5. quaff. Drink, imbibe, sip refer to swallowing liquids. Drink is the general word: to drink coffee. Imbibe is formal in reference to actual drinking; it is used more often in the sense to absorb: to imbibe culture. Sip implies drinking little by little: to sip a cup of broth. 9. toast.
Usage note:
As with many verbs of the pattern sing, sang, sung and ring, rang, rung, there is some confusion about the forms for the past tense and past participle of drink. The historical reason for this confusion is that originally verbs of this class in Old English had a past-tense singular form in a but a past-tense plural form in u. Generally the form in a has leveled out to become the standard past-tense form: We drank our coffee. However, the past-tense form in u, though considered nonstandard, occurs often in speech: We drunk our coffee.
The standard and most frequent form of the past participle of drink in both speech and writing is drunk: Who has drunk all the milk? However, perhaps because of the association of drunk with intoxication, drank is widely used as a past participle in speech by educated persons and must be considered an alternate standard form: The tourists had drank their fill of the scenery. See also drunk.
As with many verbs of the pattern sing, sang, sung and ring, rang, rung, there is some confusion about the forms for the past tense and past participle of drink. The historical reason for this confusion is that originally verbs of this class in Old English had a past-tense singular form in a but a past-tense plural form in u. Generally the form in a has leveled out to become the standard past-tense form: We drank our coffee. However, the past-tense form in u, though considered nonstandard, occurs often in speech: We drunk our coffee.
The standard and most frequent form of the past participle of drink in both speech and writing is drunk: Who has drunk all the milk? However, perhaps because of the association of drunk with intoxication, drank is widely used as a past participle in speech by educated persons and must be considered an alternate standard form: The tourists had drank their fill of the scenery. See also drunk.
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| drink (drĭngk) v. drank (drāngk), drunk (drŭngk), drink·ing, drinks v. tr.
[Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan; see dhreg- in Indo-European roots.] |
| soft drink n. In both senses also called soda pop; also called regionally cold drink, drink, pop1, soda, soda water, tonic.
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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
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
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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Language Translation for : drink
Spanish:
beber, tomar,
German:
trinken,
Japanese:
飲む
drink (v.)
O.E. drincan "to drink," also "to swallow up, engulf" (class III strong verb; past tense dranc, pp. druncen), from P.Gmc. *drengkan. Not found outside Gmc. Most I.E. words for this trace to PIE *po(i)- (cf. Gk. pino, L. biber, Ir. ibim, O.C.S. piti; see imbibe). The noun meaning "beverage, alcoholic beverage" was also in O.E. To drink like a fish is first recorded 1747.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1drink
Pronunciation: 'dri[ng]k
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: drank /'dra[ng]k/; drunk /'dr&[ng]k/ or drank; drink·ing
transitive senses
: SWALLOW,
1 : to take liquid into the mouthfor swallowing
2 : to partake of alcoholic beverages especially habitually; specifically : to indulge in alcoholic beverages with disagreeable effect
Main Entry: 2drink
Function: noun
1 : liquid suitable for swallowing especially to quench thirst or to provide nourishment or refreshment
2 : alcoholic liquor
3 : a draft or portion of liquid (as water or a prepared beverage) taken or to be taken by an individual at one time
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Drink
The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or "basin," the "cruse" or pitcher, and the saucer. To drink water by measure (Ezek. 4:11), and to buy water to drink (Lam. 5:4), denote great scarcity. To drink blood means to be satiated with slaughter. The Jews carefully strained their drinks through a sieve, through fear of violating the law of Lev. 11:20, 23, 41, 42. (See Matt. 23:24. "Strain at" should be "strain out.")
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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drink
In addition to the idioms beginning with drink, also see drive someone crazy (to drink); into the drink; meat and drink to; nurse a drink.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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