drink
1. a single serving of a beverage (Freq. 20)
- I asked for a hot drink
- likes a drink before dinner
• Hypernyms:
helping, portion, serving
• Hyponyms:
chaser, draft, draught, potation, tipple,
pledge, toast, libation, eye opener, nightcap, hair of the dog,
shandygaff, shandy, stirrup cup, sundowner, posset, syllabub,
sillabub, sangaree, sangria, whiskey neat, whisky neat, whiskey on the rocks,
whisky on the rocks, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, float, milkshake, milk shake,
shake, frappe
2. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess (Freq. 4)
- drink was his downfall
• Syn:
drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence
• Derivationally related forms:
crapulous (for: crapulence), crapulent (for: crapulence), drink (for: drinking)
• Hypernyms:
intemperance, intemperateness
• Hyponyms:
drinking bout
3. any liquid suitable for drinking (Freq. 3)
- may I take your beverage order?
• Syn:
beverage, drinkable, potable
• Derivationally related forms:
potable (for: potable)
• Hypernyms:
food, nutrient, liquid
• Hyponyms:
milk, wish-wash, potion, alcohol, alcoholic drink,
alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant, hydromel, oenomel, near beer,
ginger beer, mixer, cooler, refresher, smoothie, fizz,
cider, cyder, cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate,
fruit juice, fruit crush, fruit drink, ade, mate, soft drink,
coffee, java, tea, tea-like drink, drinking water
4. any large deep body of water
- he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Hypernyms:
body of water, water
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, deglutition
• Derivationally related forms:
swallow (for: swallow)
• Hypernyms:
consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
• Hyponyms:
aerophagia, gulp, draft, draught, swig, sip
1. take in liquids (Freq. 30)
- The patient must drink several liters each day
- The children like to drink soda
• Syn:
imbibe
• See Also:
drink up, drink down
• Derivationally related forms:
imbibition (for: imbibe), imbiber (for: imbibe), imbibing (for: imbibe), drinker, drinking
• Hypernyms:
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
• Hyponyms:
swill, swill down, suck, guggle, gurgle,
sip, guzzle, lap, lap up, lick, drain the cup,
drink up, gulp, quaff, swig, toss off, pop,
bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They drink
- The animals drink
2. consume alcohol (Freq. 10)
- We were up drinking all night
• Syn:
booze, fuddle
• Derivationally related forms:
boozer (for: booze), booze (for: booze), drinker, drinking
• Hypernyms:
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
• Hyponyms:
tank, port, claret, pub-crawl, bar hop,
tipple, bib, souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up,
wine, carry, hold
• Verb Group:
tope
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- They drink
3. propose a toast to (Freq. 1)
- Let us toast the birthday girl!
- Let's drink to the New Year
• Syn:
toast, pledge, salute, wassail
• Derivationally related forms:
wassail (for: wassail), wassailer (for: wassail), salute (for: salute), salutation (for: salute), pledge (for: pledge), toast (for: toast)
• Hypernyms:
honor, honour, reward
• Hyponyms:
give
• Entailment:
booze, fuddle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
4. be fascinated or spell-bound by;
pay close attention to (Freq. 1)
- The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage
• Syn:
drink in
• Hypernyms:
steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross,
absorb, soak up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. drink excessive amounts of alcohol;
be an alcoholic
- The husband drinks and beats his wife
• Syn:
tope
• Derivationally related forms:
toper (for: tope), drunkard, drinker, drinking
• Hypernyms:
use, habituate
• Verb Group:
booze, fuddle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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