| 1. beverage, liquid which is swallowed to quench one's thirst; alcoholic beverage. consume liquids; consume alcoholic beverages; absorb moisture; eagerly absorb through the senses; honor with a toast, participate in a toast. drinkdrink (dr&ibreve;&nsm;k), v. i. [imp. drank (dră&nsm;k), formerly drunk (drŭ&nsm;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.] |