noun
Meaning 1
A beverage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- I’d like another drink please.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
A beverage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Drinks in general; something to drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
A type of beverage (usually mixed).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A (served) alcoholic beverage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beverage
noun
The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Alcoholic beverages in general.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A standard drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any body of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A downpour; a cloudburst; a rainstorm; a deluge; a lot of rain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
Amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
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verb
To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Synonyms: gulp, imbibe, quaff, sip, see Thesaurus:drink
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically, transitive
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verb
To consume alcoholic beverages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: drink alcohol, booze, hit the bottle, hit the sauce
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially
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Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially:
To express one's desire for the accomplishment of a toast, sentiment or event, to wish, hope (for), forward (especially as 'to drink the health (of someone)').
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially:
[with to ‘someone or something’]
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Usage: archaic, obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
To smoke, as tobacco.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Used in phrasal verbs: drink down, drink in, drink off, drink out, drink to, drink up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intemperance, intemperateness
Narrower terms: drinking bout
noun
the act of swallowing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: swallow, deglutition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
Narrower terms: aerophagia, gulp, draft, draught, swig, sip
noun
any liquid suitable for drinking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: beverage, drinkable, potable
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: food, nutrient, liquid
Narrower terms: milk, wish-wash, potion, alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant, hydromel, oenomel, near beer, ginger beer, mixer, cooler, refresher, smoothie, fizz, cider, cyder, cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate, fruit juice, fruit crush, fruit drink, ade, mate, soft drink, coffee, java, tea, tea-like drink, drinking water
noun
a single serving of a beverage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: helping, portion, serving
Narrower terms: chaser, draft, draught, potation, tipple, pledge, toast, libation, eye opener, nightcap, hair of the dog, shandygaff, shandy, stirrup cup, sundowner, posset, syllabub, sillabub, sangaree, sangria, whiskey neat, whisky neat, whiskey on the rocks, whisky on the rocks, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, float, milkshake, milk shake, shake, frappe
noun
any large deep body of water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body of water, water
verb
be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: drink in
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
verb
take in liquids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: imbibe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Narrower terms: swill, swill down, suck, guggle, gurgle, sip, guzzle, lap, lap up, lick, drain the cup, drink up, gulp, quaff, swig, toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill
verb
consume alcohol
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: booze, fuddle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Narrower terms: tank, port, claret, pub-crawl, bar hop, tipple, bib, souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up, wine, carry, hold
verb
drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tope
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: use, habituate
verb
propose a toast to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: toast, pledge, salute, wassail
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: honor, honour, reward
Narrower terms: give
History
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *drinkaną Proto-Germanic *drunkiz Proto-West Germanic *drunki Old English drynċ Middle English drink English drink From Middle English drink, drinke (also as drinche, drunch), from Old English drynċ, from Proto-Germanic *drunkiz, *drankiz. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Dronk (“drink”), Cimbrian gatrànkh (“drink”), Dutch drank, dronk (“drink”), German Getränk, trank, Trunk (“drink”), German Low German Drank, Drunk (“drink”), Vilamovian gytrenḱ (“drink”), Danish drik (“drink, beverage”), Icelandic drykkur (“drink, beverage”), Norwegian Bokmål drikk (“drink”), Norwegian Nynorsk drikk, drykk (“drink, alcohol”), Swedish dryck (“drink”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌺 (draggk), 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺 (dragk, “drink”).
From Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan (“to drink, swallow up, engulf”), from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dhrenǵ- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), nasalised variant of *dhreǵ- (“to draw, glide”). Cognates Cognate with Yola drink (“to drink”), North Frisian drank, drainke, drink, drinke (“to drink”), West Frisian drinke (“to drink”), Alemannic German trénge, trenhu, trinche, tringhien, trinke (“to drink”), Bavarian dringa, trinckn, trinkhn, trinkn (“to drink”), Cimbrian trinkan, trinkhan (“to drink”), Dutch and Low German drinken (“to drink”), German and Mòcheno trinken (“to drink”), Luxembourgish drénken (“to drink”), Yiddish טרינקען (trinken, “to drink”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål drikke (“to drink”), Elfdalian drikka (“to drink”), Faroese and Icelandic drekka (“to drink”), Jutish drenk (“to drink”), Norwegian Nynorsk drikka, drikke (“to drink”), Swedish dricka (“to drink”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan, “to drink”), Vandalic drincan (“to drink”), French trinquer (“to booze, drink alcohol”), Italian trincare (“to knock back (a drink)”), Spanish trincar (“to get drunk”).
Across languages
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