1. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"
2. the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
3. any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
4. a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"
5. any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"
6. be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage"
7. take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"
8. consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
9. drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife"
10. propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let''s drink to the New Year"

Similar Words: drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence, swallow, deglutition, beverage, drinkable, potable, drink in, imbibe, booze, fuddle, tope, toast, pledge, salute, wassail

See Also: drain the cup, drink up, toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill

Hyponyms: drinking bout, aerophagia, gulp, draft, draught, swig, nip, sip, milk, wish-wash, potion, alcohol, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant, hydromel, 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, drinking water, chaser, 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, swill, swill down, suck, guggle, gurgle, guzzle, lap, lap up, lick, drain the cup, drink up, quaff, toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill, port, claret, pub-crawl, bar hop, bib, souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up, wine, carry, hold, give

Grouped Verbs: tope, booze, fuddle

Entailments: booze, fuddle

Derivational Morphology: tope, booze, fuddle, imbibe, swallow, get down, drinking, imbibing, imbibition, drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer, beverage, drinkable, potable, deglutition, alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse, liquor, spirits, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence, drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wassail, toaster, wassailer, salute, salutation, pledge, toast