drink
For the verb: "to drink"
| Simple Past: | drank |
| Past Participle: | drunk |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
drink/drɪŋk/
▶verb (past drank; past part. drunk)
- 1 take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow.
■ consume alcohol.
■ (drink up) consume the rest of a drink.
- 2 (drink something in) watch or listen eagerly to something.
- 3 absorb (moisture).
- 1 a liquid consumed as refreshment or nourishment.
■ a quantity of liquid swallowed at one go.
- 2 the habitual or excessive consumption of alcohol.
- 3 (the drink) informal the sea.
– phrases
drink someone's health (or drink to someone) express good wishes for someone by raising one's glass and drinking a small amount.
drink someone under the table informal consume as much alcohol as one's drinking companion without becoming as drunk.
I'll drink to that expressing agreement or approval.
in drink when intoxicated.
drink someone's health (or drink to someone) express good wishes for someone by raising one's glass and drinking a small amount.
drink someone under the table informal consume as much alcohol as one's drinking companion without becoming as drunk.
I'll drink to that expressing agreement or approval.
in drink when intoxicated.
– derivatives
drinkable adjective.
drinkable adjective.
– origin OE drincan (v.), drinc (n.), of Gmc origin.
'drink' also found in these Oxford entries:
AA
- abstemious
- advocaat
- age
- aguardiente
- alcohol
- alcoholism
- alcopop
- Americano
- AOC
- aperitif
- aphrodisiac
- appellation contrôlée
- appetizer
- ayahuasca
- Balthazar
- bar-hop
- barley water
- barm
- beanfeast
- beef tea
- beer
- bend
- beverage
- bevvy
- bib
- bitter lemon
- black and tan
- blackjack
- black velvet
- bland
- Bloody Mary
- boilermaker
- bombed
- bootleg
- booze
- Bovril
- bracer
- breathe
- brew
- brewery
- brewski
- broach
- brut
- bumper
- bunghole
- buttermilk
- cabaret
- cafetière
- caipirinha

