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NOUN | 1 | drink | A single serving of a beverage |
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2 | drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence | The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | |
3 | drink, beverage, drinkable, potable | Any liquid suitable for drinking | |
4 | drink | Any large deep body of water | |
5 | drink, swallow, deglutition | The act of swallowing | |
VERB | 1 | drink, imbibe | Take in liquids |
2 | drink, booze, fuddle | Consume alcohol | |
3 | drink, toast, pledge, salute, wassail | Propose a toast to | |
4 | drink, drink in | Be fascinated or spell-bound by | |
5 | drink, tope | Drink excessive amounts of alcohol |
Sounds | drih'ngk |
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Rhymes | blink, brink, chink, and 24 more rhymes in ihngk at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A single serving of a beverage. |
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Examples | "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner" |
Narrower | chaser; draft, draught, potation, tipple; pledge, toast; libation; eye opener; nightcap; hair of the dog; shandygaff, shandy; stirrup cup; sundowner; posset; syllabub, sillabub; sangaree, sangria; whiskey neat, whisky neat; whiskey on the rocks, whisky on the rocks; ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, float; milkshake, milk shake, shake; frappe |
Broader | helping, portion, serving |
Verbs | drink |
Meaning | The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess. |
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Examples | "drink was his downfall" |
Synonyms | drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence |
Narrower | drinking bout |
Broader | intemperance, intemperateness |
Verbs | drink; drink |
Meaning | Any liquid suitable for drinking. |
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Synonyms | beverage, drinkable, potable |
Narrower | milk; wish-wash; potion; alcohol, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant; hydromel; near beer; ginger beer; mixer; cooler; refresher; smoothie; fizz; cider, cyder; cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate; fruit juice, fruit crush; fruit drink, ade; mate; soft drink; coffee, java; tea; drinking water |
Broader | food, nutrient; liquid |
Verbs | drink |
Meaning | Any large deep body of water. |
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Examples | "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued" |
Broader | body of water, water |
Usage | colloquialism |
Meaning | The act of swallowing. |
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Examples | "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" |
Synonyms | swallow, deglutition |
Narrower | aerophagia; gulp, draft, draught, swig; nip, sip |
Broader | consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake |
Verbs | drink |
Meaning | Take in liquids. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | They drink; The animals drink |
Examples | "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" |
Synonyms | imbibe |
Caused by | drench |
Entailed by | suckle |
Narrower | swill, swill down; suck; guggle, gurgle; sip; guzzle; lap, lap up, lick; drain the cup, drink up; gulp, quaff, swig; toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill |
Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have |
See also | drink down; drink up |
Nouns | drinker; drink; drinking; drink; drink |
Meaning | Consume alcohol. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Model | They drink |
Examples | "We were up drinking all night" |
Synonyms | booze, fuddle |
Entailed by | sober up, sober; toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail; wine and dine |
Narrower | port; claret; pub-crawl, bar hop; tipple, bib; souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up; wine; carry, hold |
Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have |
Similar to | drink, tope |
Nouns | drinker; drink, drinking |
Meaning | Propose a toast to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "Let's drink to the New Year" |
Synonyms | toast, pledge, salute, wassail |
Entails | drink, booze, fuddle |
Narrower | give |
Broader | honor, honour, reward |
Meaning | Be fascinated or spell-bound by. Pay close attention to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage" |
Synonyms | drink in |
Broader | steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up |
Meaning | Drink excessive amounts of alcohol. Be an alcoholic. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "The husband drinks and beats his wife" |
Synonyms | tope |
Broader | use, habituate |
Similar to | drink, booze, fuddle |
Nouns | drinker; drink, drinking; drunkard |