"drink" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\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.

\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.

\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.