Beverage
['bev(ə)rɪdʒ] or ['bɛvərɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) any liquid suitable for drinking; 'may I take your beverage order?'.
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Definition
(v. t.) Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage.
(v. t.) Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.
(v. t.) A treat, or drink money.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Drink, potion.
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Definition
n. drink: a mixture of cider and water: any agreeable liquor for drinking.—n. Be′ver a small repast between meals: (obs.) a time for drinking.—v.i. to take such a repast.
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Examples
- Mr. Malone, indeed, would much rather have had whisky; but Mr. Donne, being an Englishman, did not keep the beverage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What beverage do you prefer? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He had been so long out of the habit of using plain water as a beverage that he resorted to soda-water as a substitute. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I was consumed with thirst--I drank eagerly; the beverage was sweet, but I tasted a drug. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- How fragrant was the steam of the beverage, and the scent of the toast! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Miss Gradgrind readily permitting Mrs. Sparsit to do anything she pleased, that considerate lady made the beverage, and handed it to Mr. Bounderby. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- With this mild beverage before him, George Osborne found the ex-Collector of Boggley Wollah groaning on the sofa at his lodgings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They say the Oracle complains, in this hot weather, lately, that the only beverage in the ship that is passable, is the butter. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She held a glass filled with some cooling beverage to her mouth. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The invention of soda-water, in the state in which it is now known, as an effervescing beverage impregnated with three or four times its volume of carbonic acid gas, is of very modern date. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The trend of the times is shown in the following figures, which represent the per capita consumption of beverages in the United States for 1898: tea, . Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Of all the unchristian beverages that ever passed my lips, Turkish coffee is the worst. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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