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Entry 8 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Drink

/(drĭṉk)/ · IPA /dɹɪŋk/
01 v. i. To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as…
imp. Drank; p. p. Drunk; p. pr. & vb. n. Drinking
  1. 1.
    To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.
    “Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink.” — Luke xvii. 8.
    “He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty.” — Job xxi. 20.
    “Drink of the cup that can not cloy.” — Keble.
  2. 2.
    To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the �se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple.
    “And they drank, and were merry with him.” — Gem. xliii. 34.
    “Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely.” — Thackeray.
    “I drink to the general joy of the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
To drink to — to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking.
02 v. t. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.
  1. 1.
    To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.
    “There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss, There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed.” — Spenser.
    “The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room.” — Thackeray.
  2. 2.
    To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
    “And let the purple violets drink the stream.” — Dryden.
  3. 3.
    To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
    “To drink the cooler air,” — Tennyson.
    “My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words Of that tongue's utterance.” — Shak.
    “Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye.” — Pope.
  4. 4.
    To smoke, as tobacco.[Obs.]
    “And some men now live ninety years and past, Who never drank to tobacco first nor last.” — Taylor (1630.)
Phrases & compounds
To drink down — to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness.
To drink in — to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst.
To drink off — to drink completely, especially at one draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial.
To drink the health of — to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.
03 n. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.
  1. 1.
    Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.
    “Give me some drink, Titinius.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out.
Phrases & compounds
Drink money — an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity.
Drink offering — an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service.
In drink — drunk.
Strong drink — intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol.