drink
//ˈdɹɪŋk//
Forms
- present (v1)
- drink
- past (v2)
- drank
- past participle (v3)
- drunk
- present participle
- drinking
- 3rd person singular
- drinks
- Plural
- drinks
Definitions
1.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.
- It was he who proposed the bowl of punch, which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty’s room, and which Gumbo concocted with exquisite skill.
2.To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
- Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.
3.To consume alcoholic beverages.
- Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely.
- I drink to the general joy of the whole table, / And to our dear friend Banquo.
- Everyone who is drinking is drinking, but not everyone who is drinking is drinking.
4.To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
- Let the purple violets drink the stream.
1.A beverage.
- I’d like another drink please.
2.A type of beverage (usually mixed).
- My favourite drink is the White Russian.
3.A (served) alcoholic beverage.
- Can I buy you a drink?
4.Drinks in general; something to drink.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1142
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Word family
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”).