drink
take in liquids
How often you will meet it
Rank 835 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 21,814 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- take in liquids also: imbibe The patient must drink several liters each dayThe children like to drink soda
- consume alcohol also: hit the bottle, booze, fuddle We were up drinking all night
- propose a toast to also: toast, pledge, salute, wassail Let us toast the birthday girl!Let's drink to the New Year
- be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to also: drink in The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage
- drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic also: tope The husband drinks and beats his wife
noun
- a single serving of a beverage I asked for a hot drinklikes a drink before dinner
- the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess also: drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence drink was his downfall
- any liquid suitable for drinking also: beverage, drinkable, potable may I take your beverage order?
drink in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I couldn't refuse to 'ave a drink with 'im.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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But he could see nothing to eat anywhere, and still less to drink.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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Then she gave each of the Twins a cup of buttermilk to drink.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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When she replied, quite gay, "Then, drink; for see I've bottled up My spirits for the day."
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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He was wholly absorbed in his business: he left earlier, came home later, and hardly allowed himself time to eat and drink.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1