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drinking

Variant of drink

transitive verb drank, drunk or Informaldrank, drinking

  1. to take (liquid) into the mouth and swallow it
  2. to absorb (liquid or moisture)
  3. to swallow the contents of
  4. to propose or take part in (a toast)
  5. to bring (oneself) into a specified condition by drinking
  6. to use (up) or spend by drinking alcoholic liquor

intransitive verb

  1. to take liquid into the mouth and swallow it
  2. to absorb anything as if in drinking
  3. to drink alcoholic liquor, sometimes specif. as a matter of habit or to excess

noun

  1. any liquid for drinking; beverage
  2. alcoholic liquor
  3. habitual or excessive use of alcoholic liquor
  4. a portion of liquid drunk or for drinking

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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