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drink

Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɪŋk/

The English word “drink” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
  2. To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
  3. To consume alcoholic beverages.
  4. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
  5. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
  6. To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially
  7. 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)').
  8. [with to ‘someone or something’]
  9. To smoke, as tobacco.
  10. Used in phrasal verbs: drink down, drink in, drink off, drink out, drink to, drink up.

noun

  1. A beverage.
  2. Drinks in general; something to drink.
  3. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
  4. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
  5. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
  6. Alcoholic beverages in general.
  7. A standard drink.
  8. Any body of water.
  9. A downpour; a cloudburst; a rainstorm; a deluge; a lot of rain.
  10. Amount.

Etymology

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…

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