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UK
/dɹˈɪŋk/
]
[ US /ˈdɹɪŋk/ ]
[ US /ˈdɹɪŋk/ ]
NOUN
-
the act of swallowing
he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
one swallow of the liquid was enough -
any liquid suitable for drinking
may I take your beverage order? -
any large deep body of water
he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued -
a single serving of a beverage
I asked for a hot drink
likes a drink before dinner -
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
drink was his downfall
VERB
-
consume alcohol
We were up drinking all night -
be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to
The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage -
drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
The husband drinks and beats his wife -
propose a toast to
Let us toast the birthday girl!
Let's drink to the New Year -
take in liquids
The children like to drink soda
The patient must drink several liters each day
How To Use drink In A Sentence
- 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. Dominic Cooke: a life in theatre
- 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. Obama Policies on Transparency, Openness, and Participation - and NASA - NASA Watch
- People were gulping down sundowners, women seemed to be, rather disinterestedly, sipping their drinks and picking up a bite.
- My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
- Drinkwise Day is mainly designed to educate people about the destructive effects of alcohol abuse.
- Gwenhidwy likes to drink a lot, grain alcohol mostly, mixed in great strange mad-scientist concoctions with beef tea, grenadine, cough syrup, bitter belch-gathering infusions of blue scullcap, valerian root, motherwort and lady's-slipper, whatever's to hand really. Gravity's Rainbow
- A lot of people already have two alcohol-free days a week but still drink more than is safe. The Sun
- Based on the number of coffee cans I found in his garbage a few weeks ago, I'd say he drinks 8-9 pots of coffee every day, or about 30 shots of espresso.
- For all that, Grossman drinks more white wine than red, partly because he eats a lot of fish and vegetarian food.
- Noah had calmed down after a couple of drinks, mainly coffee laced with alcohol.
