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drink

[dringk]

verb (used without object)

to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.

to imbibe alcoholic drinks, especially habitually or to excess; tipple: He never drinks. They won't find jobs until they stop drinking.

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 followed by to): They drank to his victory.

to be savored or enjoyed by drinking: a wine that will drink deliciously for many years.

verb (used with object)

to take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow.

to take in (a liquid) in any manner; absorb.

to take in through the senses, especially with eagerness and pleasure (often followed by in): He drank in the beauty of the scene.

to swallow the contents of (a cup, glass, etc.).

to propose or participate in a toast to (a person, thing, or event): to drink one's health.

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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 preceded by the): His teammates threw him in the drink.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English drinken, Old English drincan; cognate with Dutch drinken, German trinken, Gothic drinkan, Old Norse drekka

Related forms

out·drink, verb (used with object), -drank or (Nonstandard

) -drunk; -drunk or, often, -drank; -drink·ing.

o·ver·drink, verb (used with object), -drank or (Nonstandard

) -drunk; -drunk or, often, -drank; -drink·ing.

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.

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. EXPANDHowever, 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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Example Sentences

Think of a drink filled with herbal ingredients that supposedly helps you relax, and.

They may be clear, clean-tasting, and free of the sugary syrups that contaminate nearly every other drink in a disposable bottle.

And one of the latest sources comes from the remains of a drink enjoyed the world over: coffee.

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Think of a drink filled with herbal ingredients that supposedly helps you relax, and.

They may be clear, clean-tasting, and free of the sugary syrups that contaminate nearly every other drink in a disposable bottle.

And one of the latest sources comes from the remains of a drink enjoyed the world over: coffee.

Bold gastronomes can drink the leftover citrus marinade, which is known as leche de tigre, tiger's milk.

In a hydration-obsessed culture, people can and do drink themselves to death.

And when the researchers looked at patterns of drinking, macaques that lived alone tended to drink the most.

The effect is the visual equivalent of a long, cool drink of water.

New high-speed videos of hummingbirds overturn nearly two centuries of conventional wisdom on how they drink.

On the path from youth to maturity, the example set by parents who drink matters.

Jennings had died from swelling of the brain after being forced to drink gallons of water poured through a funnel.

Cheaper than champagne but stylish, easy to drink and prettily named.

Apparently the drink was the only memorable thing about the place.

In return, the visitor would be rewarded with food and drink.

Drink in the grand vistas and the nostalgic stone tasting rooms more.

Now a respected doctor has come up with a drink he says will.

Coffee is not usually thought of as health food, but a number of recent studies suggest that it can be a highly beneficial drink.

However, what may be a better choice sometimes is the action of preparing yourself a this drink.

One of them is derived from the remains of a drink enjoyed the world over: coffee.

Others say prehistoric populations were already split between those who could and couldn't drink milk as adults.

Cans of carbonated soft drinks contain carbon dioxide under pressure so that the gas dissolves in the liquid drink.

It is also the basis of a refreshing drink called agua de tamarindo.

Watch for tips on planning the perfect party with these fabulous drink and appetizer pairings.

Women become wenches, every drink becomes a mug of rum and every.

Every athlete, every fitness enthusiast has heard the advice to drink plenty of water.

Just don't drink spurious water while you're here, and you'll be fine.

Two people were murdered over a spilled drink in a bar.

Mosquitoes don't drink blood for their entire lives, and only females drink blood at all.

Java is known to give some people the jitters if they drink too much of it.

We slaughter goats and chickens, drink liquor, sing songs and dance.

Prior to that, in place of hops, beer was made with herbs and spices producing a drink called gruit.

What they weren't impressed with was the dearth of drink options.

Or pretend that you're on antibiotics or something and can't drink.

The contracts were designed to get schools to sell as much soft drink as possible.

If you want to try this drink you can make it yourself.

The myth about problem drinkers being able to drink again was legitimate, but improperly justified.

He neither rose from poverty nor went off the deep end through drink or craziness.

Steep warm spices in cider, then spike the drink with a generous dose of dark rum.

Either give up on the booze altogether or learn to drink properly.

He does not eat and drink in a given way primarily to be.

In the course of normal daily business she collects nectar and pollen to make into honey, water to drink and to cool the hive.

Drink only purified water, and always wash your hands before eating.

Excessive consumption is a form of addiction but the need to drink water is clearly not.

It contains boxes of macaroni, cornmeal, instant chocolate-flavored drink mix and nonfat dried milk.

Maybe it's the servers in white fuzzy hats who take your drink order while you're soaking in the slopeside hot tubs.

Your living room is a chaotic mess of electronic components and soft drink bottles.

However, postmenopausal women who drink five or more cups of coffee a day may be at increased risk of ovarian cancer.

Few allow their employees to drink at lunch time, let alone earlier in the day.

Water must be boiled or treated with iodine before it is safe to drink.

Victims suffer painful throat spasms when they try to drink or eat.

Other web-savvy surfers designed a version of the baby tossing back a drink while others set the original animation to music.

Scientists have made the world's first synthetic tree: a palm-sized duplication of the elegant process by which trees drink.

Many people don't care about concealing the hotels they stay at, the cars they own, or the kind of beverages they drink.

Imagine, he says, that you are having a drink at an airport bar waiting to catch your flight.

The water hole is less than a mile away now, and everyone in the herd is looking forward to a good, long drink.

Even a hint of alcohol in a drink tastes strongly of decay to me and thus ruins any flavor it may have.

Based on all that intelligence, it suggests a drink.

He claimed that this minimized contact with the bar and kept his drink cold.

Drink that and the pain goes away in less than half an hour.

Bennett a real-estate salesman with a foul temper and a thirst for the demon drink.

But without a functioning cerebral cortex and thalamus, she is unable to eat or drink on her own, doctors say.

Even after you vomit you can still die if you take to many pills or drink too much.

The egg grows into a larva that makes small holes in the spider's skin so it can drink vital juices from the spider to survive.

Pre-packaged and barcoded cartridges produce the exact drink you want in less than a minute.

Some candidates have had the unfortunate experience of having an interviewer who has had too much to drink.

Chinese people drink a lot of tea, and their taps emit a lot of undrinkable gunge.

Yamamoto said the chimps were trained to use sticks to drag straws placed out of reach and to use straws to drink juice.

No human being could drink thousands of gallons of milk without losing his cookies.

Even today, lactose intolerant people can usually drink raw milk with absolutely no problem.

Yet you can get a drink in any medium or large city in the state.

But if they had, then surely the underage students wouldn't drink it.

They use their long trunks to draw water to drink and cool themselves off, pull leaves from trees.

Babbletrish, we're all sure we'll find a dinosaur in its niche of having a strong drink and staring at a wall.

My mother tells me to drink orange juice and other liquids.

Man, is it nice to cool off with an ice-cold drink on a hot day.

My mother would say in such a situation: you should have a drink.

Declining to drink this offering is considered an insult.

The effects in humans may be different--especially for those who smoke or drink habitually.

May you never spill your drink from nervousness during a job talk or interview dinner.

Holed up in his vehicle, he photographed animals as they came to drink in a water hole during the dry season.

And to make sure the water you drink is safe, look at the following article:.

Three hundred million people now get their water from the sea or from brackish groundwater that is too salty to drink.

People would shut up, drink their water, die a little earlier than otherwise--big deal.

Imagine a muggy summer night-steak sizzling on the barbeque, cold drink in hand, and hundreds of insects mobbing the porch light.

Cheetahs need only drink once every three to four days.

They graze constantly, and drink water infrequently because the.

They graze on salty vegetation, so they drink much more than other horses and usually appear bloated or fat.

Wild bears, bison, and elk drink water from these lakes.

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World English Dictionary

drink (drɪŋk)

—vb (usually foll by in) (often foll by away) (when intr, foll by to) , drinks, drinking, drank, drunk
1.	to swallow (a liquid); imbibe
2.	(tr) to take in or soak up (liquid); absorb: this plant drinks a lot of water
3.	to pay close attention (to); be fascinated (by): he drank in the speaker's every word
4.	(tr) to bring (oneself into a certain condition) by consuming alcohol
5.	to dispose of or ruin by excessive expenditure on alcohol: he drank away his fortune
6.	(intr) to consume alcohol, esp to excess
7.	to drink (a toast) in celebration, honour, or hope (of)
8.	drink someone under the table to be able to drink more intoxicating beverage than someone
9.	drink the health of to salute or celebrate with a toast
10.	informal (Austral) drink with the flies to drink alone

—n
11.	liquid suitable for drinking; any beverage
12.	alcohol or its habitual or excessive consumption
13.	a portion of liquid for drinking; draught
14.	informal the drink the sea

[Old English drincan; related to Old Frisian drinka, Gothic drigkan, Old High German trinkan]

'drinkable

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

drink

O.E. drincan "to drink," also "to swallow up, engulf" (class III strong verb; past tense dranc, pp. druncen), from P.Gmc. *drengkan, of uncertain origin.

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"Semantically the deriv. fr. 'draw' (cf. N.E. take a draught, Lat. ducere pocula, sucos, etc.) is the most attractive, and so ultimate connection with O.E. dragan 'draw,' etc., through a nasalized form of a parallel root ...."

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, Rus. pit'; see imbibe). The noun meaning "beverage, alcoholic beverage" was also in O.E. To drink like a fish is first recorded 1747.

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Easton

Bible Dictionary

Drink definition

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.")

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Idioms & Phrases

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.