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Definition drink

Etymology 1

From Middle English drynken, from Old English drincan (“to drink, swallow up, engulf”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkan? (“to drink”), of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *d?ren?- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), nasalised variant of *d?re?- (“to draw, glide”). Cognate with West Frisian drinke (“to drink”), Low German drinken (“to drink”), Dutch drinken (“to drink”), German trinken (“to drink”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål drikke (“to drink”), Norwegian Nynorsk drikka (“to drink”).

Verb

drink (third-person singular simple present drinks, present participle drinking, simple past drank or (southern US) drunk or (nonstandard) drinked, past participle drunk or (informal) drank or (nonstandard) drinked or (obsolete or nonstandard) drunken)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
2. (transitive, metonymically) 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. (transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.

Etymology 2

From Old English drync, from Proto-Germanic *drunkiz, *drankiz. Compare Dutch drank.

Noun

drink (countable and uncountable, plural drinks)

1. A beverage.
2. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
3. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
4. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
5. Alcoholic beverages in general.
6. (colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
7. (uncountable, archaic) Drinks in general; something to drink

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