drink

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To take liquid into your mouth and swallow it.

   You should drink plenty of water in hot weather.

2. 2
   verb

   To consume alcohol, especially regularly.

   He doesn't drink, so he always drives us home.

3. 3
   noun

   An amount of liquid that you swallow; a beverage.

   Can I get you a cold drink?

4. 4
   noun

   Alcohol, or the habit of drinking too much of it.

   Drink was the cause of all his problems.

Common collocations

• cold drink Adjective + noun
• hot drink Adjective + noun
• soft drink Adjective + noun
• buy a drink Verb + noun
• drink coffee Verb + noun
• drink tea Verb + noun
• drink water Verb + noun
• have a drink Verb + noun
• order a drink Verb + noun
• pour a drink Verb + noun
• strong drink Adjective + noun
• drink beer Verb + noun

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…

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