'Drink' definitions:

Definition of 'drink'

From: WordNet
noun
A single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"
noun
The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence]
noun
Any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable]
noun
Any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"
noun
The act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" [syn: swallow, drink, deglutition]
verb
Take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" [syn: drink, imbibe]
verb
Consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn: drink, booze, fuddle]
verb
Propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" [syn: toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail]
verb
Be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage" [syn: drink in, drink]
verb
Drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife" [syn: drink, tope]

Definition of 'Drink'

From: GCIDE
  • Drink \Drink\ (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. Drank (dr[a^][ng]k), formerly Drunk (dr[u^][ng]k); & p. p. Drunk, Drunken (-'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Drinking. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank, not infrequently used as a p. p., is not so analogical.] [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink. --Luke xvii. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty. --Job xxi. 20. [1913 Webster]
  • Drink of the cup that can not cloy. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • And they drank, and were merry with him. --Gem. xliii. 34. [1913 Webster]
  • Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • To drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking. [1913 Webster]
  • I drink to the general joy of the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drink'

From: GCIDE
  • Drink \Drink\, v. t.
  • 1. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water. [1913 Webster]
  • There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss, There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe. [1913 Webster]
  • And let the purple violets drink the stream. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see. [1913 Webster]
  • To drink the cooler air, --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words Of that tongue's utterance. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To smoke, as tobacco. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • And some men now live ninety years and past, Who never drank to tobacco first nor last. --Taylor (1630.) [1913 Webster]
  • To drink down, to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. --Shak.
  • To drink in, to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. "Song was the form of literature which he [Burns] had drunk in from his cradle." --J. C. Shairp.
  • To drink off or To drink up, to drink completely, especially at one draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial.
  • To drink the health of, or To drink to the health of, to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drink'

From: GCIDE
  • Drink \Drink\, n.
  • 1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions. [1913 Webster]
  • Give me some drink, Titinius. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out. [1913 Webster]
  • Drink money, or Drink penny, an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity.
  • Drink offering (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service.
  • In drink, drunk. "The poor monster's in drink." --Shak.
  • Strong drink, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. " Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging." --Prov. xx. 1. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drink'

From: Easton
  • Drink The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or "basin," the "cruse" or pitcher, and the saucer.
  • To drink water by measure (Ezek. 4:11), and to buy water to drink (Lam. 5:4), denote great scarcity. To drink blood means to be satiated with slaughter.
  • The Jews carefully strained their drinks through a sieve, through fear of violating the law of Lev. 11:20, 23, 41, 42. (See Matt. 23:24. "Strain at" should be "strain out.")

Synonyms of 'drink'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Drink'