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Drink is defined as to bring into the mouth and swallow or to absorb.
(verb)An example of to drink is to take a sip of ice cold lemonade.
The definition of a drink is a liquid made for swallowing.
(noun)An example of a drink is chocolate milk.
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See drink in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb drank, drunk or Informaldrank, drinking
- to take (liquid) into the mouth and swallow it
- to absorb (liquid or moisture)
- to swallow the contents of
- to propose or take part in (a toast)
- to bring (oneself) into a specified condition by drinking
- to use (up) or spend by drinking alcoholic liquor
Origin: ME drinken < OE drincan, akin to OHG trinkan, Goth drigkan < ? IE base *dhreĝ-, to draw > Sans dhrájas-, draft
intransitive verb
- to take liquid into the mouth and swallow it
- to absorb anything as if in drinking
- to drink alcoholic liquor, sometimes specif. as a matter of habit or to excess
noun
- any liquid for drinking; beverage
- alcoholic liquor
- habitual or excessive use of alcoholic liquor
- a portion of liquid drunk or for drinking
See drink in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb drank drank (drăngk), drunk drunk (drŭngk), drink·ing, drinks verb, transitive
- To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid).
- To swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel): drank a cup of tea.
- To take in or soak up; absorb: drank the fresh air; spongy earth that drank up the rain.
- To take in eagerly through the senses or intellect: drank in the beauty of the day.
- a. To give or make (a toast).b. To toast (a person or an occasion, for example): We'll drink your health.
- To bring to a specific state by drinking alcoholic liquors: drank our sorrows away.
- To swallow liquid: drank noisily; drink from a goblet.
- To imbibe alcoholic liquors: They only drink socially.
- To salute a person or an occasion with a toast: We will drink to your continued success.
- A liquid that is fit for drinking; a beverage.
- An amount of liquid swallowed: took a long drink from the fountain.
- An alcoholic beverage, such as a cocktail or highball.
- Excessive or habitual indulgence in alcoholic liquor.
- Chiefly Southern U.S. See soft drink. See Regional Note at tonic.
- Slang A body of water; the sea: The hatch cover slid off the boat and into the drink.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English drinken
Origin: , from Old English drincan; see dhreg- in Indo-European roots
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