drink

Meanings

Verb

• To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
• To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
• To consume alcoholic beverages.
• To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
• To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
• To smoke, as tobacco.

Noun

• A beverage.
• Drinks in general; something to drink
• A type of beverage (usually mixed).
• A (served) alcoholic beverage.
• The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
• Alcoholic beverages in general.
• Any body of water.

Related

Similar words

• drink alcohol, hit the sauce
• gulp, sip, swig
• beverage
• alcohol

Origin

• From Middle English drynken, from Old English drincan, from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną, of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ-, nasalised variant of *dʰreǵ-.
• Cognate with West Frisian drinke, Low German drinken, Dutch drinken, German trinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål drikke, Norwegian Nynorsk drikka.
• From Middle English drink, drinke (also as drinche, drunch), from Old English drynċ, from Proto-Germanic *drunkiz, *drankiz. Compare Dutch drank.