Drink
[drɪŋk]
Definition
(noun.) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; 'drink was his downfall'.
(noun.) a single serving of a beverage; 'I asked for a hot drink'; 'likes a drink before dinner'.
(noun.) any large deep body of water; 'he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued'.
(verb.) take in liquids; 'The patient must drink several liters each day'; 'The children like to drink soda'.
(verb.) consume alcohol; 'We were up drinking all night'.
(verb.) drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; 'The husband drinks and beats his wife'.
Inputed by Elliot--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.
(v. i.) To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the /se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple.
(v. t.) To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.
(v. t.) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
(v. t.) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
(v. t.) To smoke, as tobacco.
(n.) Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.
(n.) Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out.
Edited by Janet
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Guzzle.[2]. Take a drink (of spirituous liquor), TAKE A HORN, LIQUOR UP, SPLICE THE MAIN BRACE, WET ONE'S WHISTLE.[3]. Tipple, tope, be a drunkard, be a toper, be intemperate (in the use of spirituous liquors), be of intemperate habits, take a drop too much.[4]. Carouse, revel, indulge in a drinking-bout.
v. a. [1]. Swallow, QUAFF, SIP, SUP, GUZZLE, SWILL, SWIG.[2]. Imbibe, absorb, suck in.
n. Beverage, potion.
Checker: Lucille
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Imbibe, swallow, quaff, absorb, drain, draught
ANT:Disgorge, replenish, pour, exude, water, moisten
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Examples
- Yes, we shall drink to the Fatherland in those? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He could see a trail through the grass where horses had been led to the stream to drink and there was the fresh manure of several horses. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Tom looked surprised, and rather hurt, and said, I never drink, Mas'r. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Have a drink. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- And they alone of all the citizens may not touch or handle silver or gold, or be under the same roof with them, or wear them, or drink from them. Plato. The Republic.
- I was soon able to call for bread and drink, or whatever else I wanted. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- These friends determined to make an effort to save him, and to do this they drew up a pledge to abstain from all alcoholic drinks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Snagsby drinks and murmurs with an admiring cough behind his hand, Dear me, very fine wine indeed! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In prescribing meats and drinks would he wish to go beyond another physician or beyond the practice of medicine? Plato. The Republic.
- Suddenly the dance finished, Loerke and the students rushed out to bring in drinks. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The waiters were busy bringing drinks from the bar to the tables. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He was undeniably a prosperous man, bore his drinking better than others bore their moderation, and, on the whole, flourished like the green bay-tree. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I have the pleasure of drinking his good health. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Thou hast been drinking more than enough, friar, said the woodsman, and, I fear, prating more than enough too. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- That part is just as true as Pilar's old women drinking the blood down at the slaughterhouse. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I will leave your house without eating or drinking, or setting foot in it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He himself was hindered from drinking the water. Plato. The Republic.
- She brought him some milk, and he drank of it gratefully and lay down again, to forget in pleasant dreams his lost battle and his humbled pride. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In a little while we hear stories of an Omayyad Caliph, Walid II (743-744), who mocked at the Koran, ate pork, drank wine, and did not pray. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Both ate and drank, but Riderhood much the more abundantly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We are told that three men drank from them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The bottle and jug were again produced, and he mixed a weak draught, and another, and drank both in quick succession. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- With that rare thing he drank in the cup and all. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- What need you getting drunk, then, and cutting up, Prue? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It is to be drunk that is important. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I'm not drunk, Rinin. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I am drunk, Pablo said with dignity. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- When he is very drunk, his mind is always running on regicide. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They are drunk, he said, moving his hand toward the two soldiers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Editor: Rhoda