drink

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

   Drink was their downfall.

2. 2
   noun

   a single serving of a beverage

   I asked for a hot drink

3. 3
   noun

   any large deep body of water

   I jumped into the drink and had to be rescued.

4. 4
   verb

   take in liquids

   The patient must drink several liters each day

5. 5
   verb

   consume alcohol

   We were up drinking all night

6. 6
   verb

   To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

   He drank the water I gave him.

7. 7
   verb

   To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).

   Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.

8. 8
   verb

   To consume alcoholic beverages.

   You've been drinking, haven't you?

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”). 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 t…