# drink

Pronunciation: say "DRINGK" /dɹɪŋk/

## Verb

1. To take a liquid, or the contents of a cup or bottle, into the mouth and swallow it.
   - Simple: To take water, milk, or another liquid into your mouth and swallow it.
   - _They drink plenty of water during long hikes._
   - _After his surgery, he wasn't allowed to eat or drink until morning._
3. To consume alcoholic beverages.
   - Simple: To take in alcohol, like beer or wine.
   - _She rarely drinks, even at celebrations._
   - _Many students drink heavily during exam season._
7. To drink in honor of someone or something, wishing them health or success; to toast.
   - Simple: To lift your glass and drink to wish someone good luck or health.
   - _The officers rose to drink their absent comrades._
   - _When the old captain retired, his crew gathered in the tavern to drink his health one last time._
5. To take in a liquid by any means: by swallowing, sucking up, or absorbing it.
   - Simple: To take in a liquid, whether by swallowing or soaking it up.
   - _The dry wooden deck drank up the fresh coat of stain within an hour._
   - _The plant's roots drink moisture straight from the damp soil._
9. To receive within oneself through the senses; to take in a sight, sound, or sensation fully.
   - Simple: To take something in through your senses, such as a sight or a sound.
   - _He paused at the summit to drink the vast silence of the valley._
   - _We lingered on the bridge, drinking in the sounds of the busy harbor below._

## Noun

2. A liquid for drinking, such as water, juice, or tea; also, such liquids in general.
   - Simple: Something you drink, such as water, juice, or tea.
   - _She ordered a refreshing drink after the workout._
   - _The café serves hot and cold drinks all day._
4. Alcohol, or a glass or standard serving of an alcoholic beverage.
   - Simple: Alcohol, or one glass of beer, wine, or another drink with alcohol in it.
   - _The bartender mixed a strong drink for the customer._
   - _They enjoyed a few drinks after the meeting._
6. An act of swallowing liquid, especially a single serving taken or had.
   - Simple: The act of swallowing some liquid, often a single serving.
   - _He stopped for a drink at the fountain._
   - _She took a deep drink from the canteen._
8. A single serving of an alcoholic beverage containing a fixed amount of pure alcohol, used as a unit of measure.
   - Simple: One serving of beer, wine, or spirits with a set amount of alcohol in it.
   - _In the United States, one drink contains about fourteen grams of pure alcohol, whatever the beverage._
   - _Health guidelines count a small glass of wine as a single drink._
10. A heavy fall of rain; a downpour that thoroughly soaks the ground. *(Australia)*
   - Simple: A heavy fall of rain.
   - _The parched fields finally got a real drink when the storm broke._
   - _After weeks of drought, the valley welcomed a long, steady drink from the skies._
11. A body of water, especially the sea, thought of as something one might fall into. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The sea, a lake, or any large area of water.
   - _The fisherman lost his hat to the drink during the sudden squall._
   - _One wrong step on the icy deck and you'll end up in the drink._

## Verb

12. To smoke tobacco; to inhale and draw on tobacco smoke. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To smoke tobacco by breathing in the smoke.

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12** — Old English drincan, meaning "to drink, swallow up, engulf," became Middle English drinken. It goes back through Proto-West Germanic *drinkan to Proto-Germanic *drinkaną, whose deeper origin is uncertain. One possibility is Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- ("to sip, gulp, or draw into the mouth").
**Meanings 2, 4, 6, 8, 10–11** — From Middle English drink, from Old English drynċ, from Proto-Germanic *drunkiz, *drankiz. It is related to Dutch drank, German Trunk, and Swedish dryck, all meaning "drink."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/drink (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).