DRINK (drank, drunk)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drink mean? 

• DRINK (noun)
  The noun DRINK has 5 senses:

1. a single serving of a beverage

2. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

3. any liquid suitable for drinking

4. any large deep body of water

5. the act of swallowing

  Familiarity information: DRINK used as a noun is common.

• DRINK (verb)
  The verb DRINK has 5 senses:

1. take in liquids

2. consume alcohol

3. propose a toast to

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

5. drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic

  Familiarity information: DRINK used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRINK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A single serving of a beverage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Context example:

likes a drink before dinner

Hypernyms ("drink" is a kind of...):

helping; portion; serving (an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drink"):

eye opener (an alcoholic drink intended to wake one up early in the morning)

frappe (liqueur poured over shaved ice)

milk shake; milkshake; shake (frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream)

float; ice-cream float; ice-cream soda (a drink with ice cream floating in it)

whiskey on the rocks; whisky on the rocks (whiskey with ice)

whiskey neat; whisky neat (a drink consisting of whiskey without a mixer)

sangaree; sangria (sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water)

sillabub; syllabub (spiced hot milk with rum or wine)

posset (sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer)

stirrup cup (a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic)

shandy; shandygaff (a drink made of beer and lemonade)

hair of the dog (an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover)

nightcap (an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic)

libation ((facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage)

pledge; toast (a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event)

draft; draught; potation; tipple (a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg)

chaser (a drink to follow immediately after another drink)

sundowner (a drink taken at sundown)

Derivation:

drink (take in liquids)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

boozing; crapulence; drink; drinking; drunkenness

Context example:

drink was his downfall

Hypernyms ("drink" is a kind of...):

intemperance; intemperateness (consumption of alcoholic drinks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drink"):

drinking bout (a long period of drinking)

Derivation:

drink (drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic)

drink (consume alcohol)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any liquid suitable for drinking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

beverage; drink; drinkable; potable

Context example:

may I take your beverage order?

Hypernyms ("drink" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)

liquid (a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drink"):

chocolate; cocoa; drinking chocolate; hot chocolate (a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot)

drinking water (water suitable for drinking)

tea-like drink (a beverage that resembles tea but is not made from tea leaves)

tea (a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water)

coffee; java (a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans)

soft drink (nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated))

mate (South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate)

ade; fruit drink (a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice)

fruit crush; fruit juice (drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit)

cider; cyder (a beverage made from juice pressed from apples)

fizz (an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic))

refresher (a drink that refreshes)

milk (a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings)

wish-wash (any thin watery drink)

potion (a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage)

alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)

hydromel (honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented)

oenomel (wine mixed with honey)

near beer (drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol)

ginger beer (carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger)

mixer (club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol)

cooler (an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice)

smoothie (a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk)

Derivation:

drink (take in liquids)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Any large deep body of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued

Hypernyms ("drink" is a kind of...):

body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of swallowing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deglutition; drink; swallow

Context example:

he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips

Hypernyms ("drink" is a kind of...):

consumption; ingestion; intake; uptake (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drink"):

aerophagia (swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence))

draft; draught; gulp; swig (a large and hurried swallow)

sip (a small drink)

Derivation:

drink (take in liquids)

• DRINK (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take in liquids

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

drink; imbibe

Context example:

The children like to drink soda

Hypernyms (to "drink" is one way to...):

consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drink"):

guzzle (drink greedily or as if with great thirst)

belt down; bolt down; down; drink down; kill; pop; pour down; toss off (drink down entirely)

gulp; quaff; swig (to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught)

drain the cup; drink up (drink to the last drop)

lap; lap up; lick (take up with the tongue)

sip (drink in sips)

guggle; gurgle (drink from a flask with a gurgling sound)

suck (draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth)

swill; swill down (drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

They drink
The animals drink

Also:

drink up (drink to the last drop)

drink down (drink down entirely)

Derivation:

drink (a single serving of a beverage)

drink (any liquid suitable for drinking)

drink (the act of swallowing)

drinker (a person who drinks liquids)

drinking (the act of consuming liquids)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Consume alcohol

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle

Context example:

We were up drinking all night

Hypernyms (to "drink" is one way to...):

consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)

Verb group:

drink; tope (drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drink"):

tank (consume excessive amounts of alcohol)

port (drink port)

claret (drink claret)

bar hop; pub-crawl (go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk)

bib; tipple (drink moderately but regularly)

hit it up; inebriate; soak; souse (become drunk or drink excessively)

wine (drink wine)

carry; hold (drink alcohol without showing ill effects)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

They drink

Derivation:

drink (the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess)

drinker (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))

drinking (the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Propose a toast to

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

drink; pledge; salute; toast; wassail

Context example:

Let's drink to the New Year

Hypernyms (to "drink" is one way to...):

honor; honour; reward (bestow honor or rewards upon)

"Drink" entails doing...:

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drink"):

give (propose)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

drink; drink in

Context example:

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

Hypernyms (to "drink" is one way to...):

absorb; engross; engulf; immerse; plunge; soak up; steep (devote (oneself) fully to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

drink; tope

Context example:

The husband drinks and beats his wife

Hypernyms (to "drink" is one way to...):

consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)

Verb group:

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

drink (the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess)

drinker (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))

drinking (the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess)

drunkard (a chronic drinker)

 Context examples 

To wash my face clean after the dust of the road, and to drink, so the dry bread will not stick in my throat.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

They sent me own victuals and drink, and took the government of the ship to themselves.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Nay, said the maid, if you are thirsty, get off yourself, and stoop down by the water and drink; I shall not be your waiting-maid any longer.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

"I got to drink when Saturday night comes around."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

They conclude that despite widespread decreases in glucose metabolism in heavy drinkers compared to light drinkers, heavy drinking shifts the brain toward less efficient energetic states.

(Study of brain energy patterns provides new insights into alcohol effects, National Institutes of Health)

The researchers are not the first to explore biological filters using xanthates to remove arsenic from drinking water.

(Watermelon rind a cheap filter for arsenic in groundwater, SciDev.Net)

To avoid extra calories, many pregnant women replace sugar-sweetened soft drinks and juices with beverages containing artificial sweeteners.

(Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy linked to child obesity, NIH)

The type used to make alcoholic drinks is called ethyl alcohol (ethanol).

(Alcohol, NCI Dictionary)

All foods and calorie-containing drinks were provided to participants for the duration of each five-week period on the test diets.

(Low-glycemic diets may not improve cardiovascular outcomes when compared to high-glycemic diets, NIH)

To determine whether these might play a role in chronic diseases, the team fed mice low levels of 2 commonly used emulsifiers, carboxymethylcellulose or polysorbate-80, in drinking water or in food.

(Food Additives Alter Gut Microbes, Cause Diseases in Mice, NIH)