Definitions for drink
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Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. drinknoun

   a single serving of a beverage

   "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"

2. drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulencenoun

   the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

   "drink was his downfall"

3. beverage, drink, drinkable, potablenoun

   any liquid suitable for drinking

   "may I take your beverage order?"

4. drinknoun

   any large deep body of water

   "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"

5. swallow, drink, deglutitionverb

   the act of swallowing

   "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"

6. drink, imbibeverb

   take in liquids

   "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"

7. drink, booze, fuddleverb

   consume alcohol

   "We were up drinking all night"

8. toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassailverb

   propose a toast to

   "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"

9. drink in, drinkverb

   be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to

   "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage"

10. drink, topeverb

    drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic

    "The husband drinks and beats his wife"

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Drink

   A drink (or beverage) is a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks play important roles in human culture. Common types of drinks include plain drinking water, milk, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, juice and soft drinks. In addition, alcoholic drinks such as wine, beer, and liquor, which contain the drug ethanol, have been part of human culture for more than 8,000 years. Non-alcoholic drinks often signify drinks that would normally contain alcohol, such as beer and wine, but are made with a sufficiently low concentration of alcohol by volume. The category includes drinks that have undergone an alcohol removal process such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Drinkverb

   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

   Etymology: [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]

2. Drinkverb

   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

   Etymology: [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]

3. Drinkverb

   to swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water

   Etymology: [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]

4. Drinkverb

   to take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe

   Etymology: [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]

5. Drinkverb

   to take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see

   Etymology: [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]

6. Drinkverb

   to smoke, as tobacco

   Etymology: [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]

7. Drinknoun

   liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions

   Etymology: [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]

8. Drinknoun

   specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out

   Etymology: [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Drink

   A drink, or beverage, is a kind of liquid which is specifically prepared for human consumption. There are many types for drinks. They can be divided into various groups such as plain water, alcohol, non alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, fruit or vegetable juices and hot drinks. In addition to fulfilling a basic need, drinks form part of the culture of human society.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Drink

   dringk, v.t. to swallow, as a liquid: to empty, as a glass, bowl, &c.: to take in through the senses.—v.i. to swallow a liquid: to take intoxicating liquors to excess:—pr.p. drink′ing; pa.t. drank; pa.p. drunk.—n. something to be drunk: intoxicating liquor.—adj. Drink′able.—ns. Drink′ableness; Drink′er, a tippler; Drink′-hail, the customary old English reply to a pledge in drinking (wæs hail, 'health or good luck to you,' was answered with drinc hail, 'drink good health or good luck'); Drink′ing-bout; Drink′ing-fount′ain; Drink′ing-horn; Drink′-mon′ey, a gratuity, ostensibly given to buy liquor for drinking to the health of the giver; Drink′-off′ering, an offering of wine, oil, blood, &c. to God or the gods.—Drink himself drunk, to drink until he is drunk; Drink in, to absorb rain, &c., as dry land does; Drink off, to quaff wholly and at a gulp; Drink the others under the table, to continue drinking and remain (comparatively) sober after the others have completely collapsed; Drink to, Drink to the health of, to drink wine, &c., with good wishes for one's health; Drink up, to exhaust by drinking.—In drink, intoxicated.—Strong drink, alcoholic liquor. [A.S. drincan; Ger. trinken.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drink

   A type of fluid or liquid.

   Wd all drink some type of fluid daily.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 17, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Absorb
   • Body Of Water
   • Consume
   • Honor
   • Ingest
   • Serving

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'drink' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2387

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'drink' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1063

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'drink' in Nouns Frequency: #669

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'drink' in Verbs Frequency: #283

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of drink in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of drink in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of drink in a Sentence

1. Vikrant Parsai:

   Why is it OK to kiss someone in the mouth but not OK to drink from the water bottle?

2. Lund University researcher Tobias Olofsson:

   Well, we've seen in our research that the honey bees actually add great flora of lactic acid bacteria in honey so the mead, when produced, is actually fermented by these lactic acid bacteria together with wild yeasts and the lactic acid bacteria can really kill off all the dangerous pathogens that are even resistant against antibiotics. So our thinking is that the mead, when you consume the mead, these (antibacterial substances in) lactic acid bacteria in the drink can actually be transferred to your blood and help you when you are infected with dangerous bacteria or promote health, preventing infections.

3. Jean Kerr:

   Even though a number of people have tried, no one has ever found a way to drink for a living.

4. Stephen Silverman:

   It beggars belief that this shop created a Nazi-branded drink by unwitting coincidence, it was unavoidable that this would be immensely offensive to Jewish people and anyone who lost members of their family to Nazi brutality.

5. Jennifer Lavers:

   This is actually likely to be a significant issue, it's not just happening on beaches with drink bottles, but various types of debris including car tires, and it's likely impacting many more species in a variety of habitats that we perhaps didn't originally anticipate.

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