drink.
To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
Meaning & usage
To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
He drank the water I gave him.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.
To consume alcoholic beverages.
You've been drinking, haven't you?
No thanks, I don't drink.
To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially
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)').
To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially: [with to ‘someone or something’]
To smoke, as tobacco.
Used in phrasal verbs: drink down, drink in, drink off, drink out, drink to, drink up.
Where this word comes from
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 include German trinken, Norwegian Bokmål drikke, and Italian trincare. 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”).
A beverage.
What kind of drink would you like? We have soft drinks and hard drinks.
Drinks in general; something to drink.
A type of beverage (usually mixed).
My favourite drink is the White Russian.
A (served) alcoholic beverage.
Can I buy you a drink?
The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
He was about to take a drink from his root beer.
Alcoholic beverages in general.
A standard drink.
A drink of wine is about 5 ounces
Any body of water.
If he doesn't pay off the mafia, he’ll wear cement shoes to the bottom of the drink!
A downpour; a cloudburst; a rainstorm; a deluge; a lot of rain.
Amount.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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