drink

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

beverage

eat

🍽️

swallow

sip

consume

gulp

suck

imbibe

booze

quaff

smoke

liquor

guzzle

drinking

water

🚰

take

toast

potable

fuddle

enjoy

potation

knock back

liquid

drinkable

tipple

swig

spirits

alcohol

potion

drink in

lick

give a drink to

juice

wassail

deglutition

absorb

food

🍽️

bevvy

salute

cup

crapulence

boozing

shot

bolt

slurp

soak

swill

chew

drunkenness

pledge

Translations

boire

🥤

beber

🥤

trinken

🥤

boisson

bere

🥤

bebida

🥤

drinken

🥤

Getränk

🥤

bebida

beber

🥤

tomar

πίνω

beure

🥤

bevanda

ποτό

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɹɪŋk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: drinken

Inherited from Old English: drincan

Cognate with Western Frisian: drinke

Cognate with Low German: drinken

Cognate with Dutch: drinken

Cognate with German: trinken

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: drikke

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: drikka

Inherited from Middle English: drink

Inherited from Old English: drynċ

Cognate with Dutch: drank

In summary

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
Cognate with Yola drink (“to drink”), North Frisian drank, drainke, drink, drinke (“to drink”), West Frisian drinke (“to drink”), Alemannic German trénge, trenhu, trinche, tringhien, trinke (“to drink”), Bavarian dringa, trinckn, trinkhn, trinkn (“to drink”), Cimbrian trinkan, trinkhan (“to drink”), Dutch, Low German drinken (“to drink”), German, Mòcheno trinken (“to drink”), Luxembourgish drénken (“to drink”), Yiddish טרינקען (trinken, “to drink”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål drikke (“to drink”), Elfdalian drikka (“to drink”), Faroese, Icelandic drekka (“to drink”), Jutish drenk (“to drink”), Norwegian Nynorsk drikka, drikke (“to drink”), Swedish dricka (“to drink”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan, “to drink”), Vandalic drincan (“to drink”), French trinquer (“to booze, drink alcohol”), Italian trincare (“to knock back (a drink)”), Spanish trincar (“to get drunk”).

Sentences

Can I get you a drink ?

Drink like a fish , water only .

That guy over there likes to drink a lot , talk a lot , but do nothing .

Want to give my flower a drink .

They went in to drink the tea , which was served in beautiful crystal glasses .