drink vs drunk
Definitions
noun
- the act of swallowing
- any liquid suitable for drinking
- any large deep body of water
- a single serving of a beverage
- the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
verb
- consume alcohol
- be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to
- drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
- propose a toast to
- take in liquids
Examples
Laura Wade's Posh, timed to open as the Tories edged into power in May 2010, reminded us just what we were in for: overprivileged hooligans in drinking-society blazers who trash a pub as thoughtlessly as they will trash the country.
People at MSFC have told me over drinks that this study concluded that EELV are human ratable but they were going to do what Griffin wanted.
People were gulping down sundowners, women seemed to be, rather disinterestedly, sipping their drinks and picking up a bite.
Definitions
noun
- a chronic drinker
- someone who is intoxicated
adjective
- stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
- as if under the influence of alcohol
Examples
Two workboats, ancient battered things with rusting plates, shouldered into it from either side like a couple of drunks supporting a comatose companion.
Paraguay tea, which they call matte, as I mentioned before, is always drunk twice a day: this is brought upon a large silver salver, with four legs raised upon it, to receive a little cup made out of a small calabash or gourd, and tipped with silver.
And if from this conjunction a baby was born, the infernal rite was resumed, all around a little jar of wine, which they called the keg, and they became drunk and would cut the baby to pieces, and pour its blood into the goblet, and they threw babies on the fire, still alive, and they mixed the baby's ashes and his blood, and drank!
