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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRINK, v.i. pret. and pp. drank. Old pret. And pp. drunk; pp. Drunken. [G. Drink and drench are radically the same word, and probably drown. We observe that n is not radical.]
1. To swallow liquor, for quenching thirst or other purpose; as, to drink of the brook.
Ye shall indeed drink of my cup. Matthew 20.
2. To take spirituous liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the use of spirituous liquors; to be a habitual drunkard.
3. To feast; to be entertained with liquors.
To drink to,
1. To salute in drinking; to invite to drink by drinking first; as, I drink to you grace.
2. To wish well to, in the act of taking the cup.
DRINK, v.t.
1. To swallow, as liquids; to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; as, to drink water or wine.
2. To suck in; to absorb; to imbibe.
And let the purple violets drink the stream.
3. To take in by any inlet; to hear; to see; as, to drink words or the voice.
I drink delicious poison from thy eye.
4. To take in air; to inhale.
To drink down, is to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness.
To drink off, to drink the whole at a draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial.
To drink in, to absorb; to take or receive into any inlet.
To drink up, to drink the whole.
To drink health, or to the health, a customary civility in which a person at taking a glass or cup, expresses his respect or kind wishes for another.
DRINK, n. Liquor to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach, for quenching thirst, or for medicinal purposes; as water, wine, beer, cider, decoctions, etc.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"
2: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence]
3: any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable]
4: any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"
5: the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" [syn: swallow, drink, deglutition] v
1: take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" [syn: drink, imbibe]
2: consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn: drink, booze, fuddle]
3: propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" [syn: toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail]
4: be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage" [syn: drink in, drink]
5: drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife" [syn: drink, tope]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (drank; drunk or drank; drinking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drincan; akin to Old High German trinkan to drink Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. swallow, imbibe <drink water> b. to take in or suck up ; absorb <drinking air into his lungs> c. to take in or receive avidly — usually used with in <drank in every word of the lecture> 2. to join in a toast to <I'll drink your good health> 3. to bring to a specified state by drinking alcoholic beverages <drank himself into oblivion> intransitive verb 1. a. to take liquid into the mouth for swallowing b. to receive into one's consciousness 2. to partake of alcoholic beverages <has quit drinking> 3. to make or join in a toast <I'll drink to that!> II. noun Date: before 12th century 1. a. a liquid suitable for swallowing b. alcoholic beverages 2. a draft or portion of liquid 3. excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages <he took to drink when his business failed> 4. a sizable body of water — used with the <landed in the drink>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. (past drank; past part. drunk) 1 a tr. swallow (a liquid). b tr. swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel). c intr. swallow liquid, take draughts (drank from the stream). 2 intr. take alcohol, esp. to excess (I have heard that he drinks). 3 tr. (of a plant, porous material, etc.) absorb (moisture). 4 refl. bring (oneself etc.) to a specified condition by drinking (drank himself into a stupor). 5 tr. (usu. foll. by away) spend (wages etc.) on drink (drank away the money). 6 tr. wish (a person's good health, luck, etc.) by drinking (drank his health). --n. 1 a a liquid for drinking (milk is a sustaining drink). b a draught or specified amount of this (had a drink of milk). 2 a alcoholic liquor (got the drink in for Christmas). b a portion, glass, etc. of this (have a drink). c excessive indulgence in alcohol (drink is his vice). 3 (as the drink) colloq. the sea. Phrases and idioms: drink deep take a large draught or draughts. drink-driver a person who drives a vehicle with an excess of alcohol in the blood. drink-driving the act or an instance of this. drink in listen to closely or eagerly (drank in his every word). drinking-song a song sung while drinking, usu. concerning drink. drinking-up time Brit. a short period legally allowed for finishing drinks bought before closing time in a public house. drinking-water water pure enough for drinking. drink off drink the whole (contents) of at once. drink to toast; wish success to. drink a person under the table remain sober longer than one's drinking companion. drink up drink the whole of; empty. in drink drunk. strong drink alcohol, esp. spirits. Derivatives: drinkable adj. drinker n. Etymology: OE drincan (v.), drinc(a) (n.) f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Single Sin"gle, a. [L. singulus, a dim. from the root in simplex simple; cf. OE. & OF. sengle, fr. L. singulus. See Simple, and cf. Singular.] 1. One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star. No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest. --Pope. 2. Alone; having no companion. Who single hast maintained, Against revolted multitudes, the cause Of truth. --Milton. 3. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman. Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. --Shak. Single chose to live, and shunned to wed. --Dryden. 4. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope. 5. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat. These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight. --Milton. 6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound. --I. Watts. 7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere. I speak it with a single heart. --Shak. 8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.] He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice. --Beau. & Fl. Single ale, beer, or drink, small ale, etc., as contrasted with double ale, etc., which is stronger. [Obs.] --Nares. Single bill (Law), a written engagement, generally under seal, for the payment of money, without a penalty. --Burril. Single court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for only two players. Single-cut file. See the Note under 4th File. Single entry. See under Bookkeeping. Single file. See under 1st File. Single flower (Bot.), a flower with but one set of petals, as a wild rose. Single knot. See Illust. under Knot. Single whip (Naut.), a single rope running through a fixed block.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drink Drink (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. Drank (dr[a^][ng]k), formerly Drunk (dr[u^][ng]k); & p. p. Drunk, Drunken (-'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Drinking. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank, not infrequently used as a p. p., is not so analogical.] [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.] 1. To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring. Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink. --Luke xvii. 8. He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty. --Job xxi. 20. Drink of the cup that can not cloy. --Keble. 2. To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the ?se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple. --Pope. And they drank, and were merry with him. --Gem. xliii. 34. Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely. --Thackeray. To drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking. I drink to the general joy of the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drink Drink, v. t. 1. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water. There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss, There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. --Spenser. The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. --Thackeray. 2. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe. And let the purple violets drink the stream. --Dryden. 3. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see. To drink the cooler air, --Tennyson. My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words Of that tongue's utterance. --Shak. Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye. --Pope. 4. To smoke, as tobacco. [Obs.] And some men now live ninety years and past, Who never drank to tobacco first nor last. --Taylor (1630.) To drink down, to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. --Shak. To drink in, to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. ``Song was the form of literature which he [Burns] had drunk in from his cradle.'' --J. C. Shairp. To drink off or up, to drink the whole at a draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial. To drink the health of, or To drink to the health of, to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drink Drink, n. 1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions. Give me some drink, Titinius. --Shak. 2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out. Drink money, or Drink penny, an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity. Drink offering (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service. In drink, drunk. ``The poor monster's in drink.'' --Shak. Strong drink, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. `` Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.'' --Prov. xx. 1.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(drinks, drinking, drank, drunk) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you drink a liquid, you take it into your mouth and swallow it. He drank his cup of tea... He drank thirstily from the pool under the rock. VERB: V n, V 2. To drink means to drink alcohol. He was smoking and drinking too much... VERB: V • drinking She had left him because of his drinking... 3. A drink is an amount of a liquid which you drink. I'll get you a drink of water. N-COUNT: oft N of n 4. A drink is an alcoholic drink. She felt like a drink after a hard day. N-COUNT 5. Drink is alcohol, such as beer, wine, or whisky. Too much drink is bad for your health. N-UNCOUNT 6. see also drinking 7. People say 'I'll drink to that' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said. (INFORMAL) CONVENTION [feelings]

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or "basin," the "cruse" or pitcher, and the saucer.

To drink water by measure (Ezek. 4:11), and to buy water to drink (Lam. 5:4), denote great scarcity. To drink blood means to be satiated with slaughter.

The Jews carefully strained their drinks through a sieve, through fear of violating the law of Lev. 11:20, 23, 41, 42. (See Matt. 23:24. "Strain at" should be "strain out.")

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

See FOOD; DRINK, STRONG.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. 1. Take a drink, quench one's thirst. 2. Tipple, tope, be a drunkard, be a toper, be intemperate (in the use of spirituous liquors), be of intemperate habits, take a drop too much. 3. Carouse, revel, indulge in a drinking-bout. II. v. a. 1. Swallow, quaff. 2. Imbibe, absorb, swallow up, suck in. III. n. Beverage, potion.

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