1.  drink(n = noun.food) Array - a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"
is a kind of helping, portion, serving
has particulars: chaser, draft, draught, potation, tipple, pledge, toast, libation, eye opener, nightcap, hair of the dog, shandy, shandygaff, stirrup cup, sundowner, posset, sillabub, syllabub, sangaree, sangria, whiskey neat, whisky neat, whiskey on the rocks, whisky on the rocks, float, ice-cream float, ice-cream soda, milk shake, milkshake, shake, frappe
Derived form verb drink₁

2.  drink(n = noun.act) boozing, crapulence, drinking, drunkenness - the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"
is a kind of intemperance, intemperateness
has particulars: drinking bout
Derived forms verb drink₂, verb drink₅

3.  drink(n = noun.food) beverage, drinkable, potable - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
is a kind of food, nutrient, liquid
has particulars: milk, wish-wash, potion, alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant, hydromel, oenomel, near beer, ginger beer, mixer, cooler, refresher, smoothie, fizz, cider, cyder, chocolate, cocoa, drinking chocolate, hot chocolate, fruit crush, fruit juice, ade, fruit drink, mate, soft drink, coffee, java, tea, tea-like drink, drinking water
Derived form verb drink₁

4.  drink(n = noun.object) Array - any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"
is a kind of body of water, water

5.  drink(n = noun.act) deglutition, swallow - the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
is a kind of consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
has particulars: aerophagia, draft, draught, gulp, swig, sip
Derived form verb drink₁

1.  drink(v = verb.consumption) imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"
is one way to consume, have, ingest, take, take in
Derived forms noun drink₅, noun drink₃, noun drink₁, noun drinker₁, noun drinking₁
Sample sentences: They drink ; The animals drink

2.  drink(v = verb.consumption) booze, fuddle - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
is one way to consume, have, ingest, take, take in
Derived forms noun drink₂, noun drinker₂, noun drinking₂
Sample sentences: They drink

3.  drink(v = verb.consumption) pledge, salute, toast, wassail - propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"
is one way to honor, honour, reward
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP

4.  drink(v = verb.cognition) drink in - be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage"
is one way to absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

5.  drink(v = verb.consumption) tope - drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife"
is one way to habituate, use
Derived forms noun drink₂, noun drinker₂, noun drinking₂, noun drunkard₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

drink, v. & n.
--v. (past drank; past part. drunk)
1 a tr. swallow (a liquid). b tr. swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel). c intr. swallow liquid, take draughts (drank from the stream).
2 intr. take alcohol, esp. to excess (I have heard that he drinks).
3 tr. (of a plant, porous material, etc.) absorb (moisture).
4 refl. bring (oneself etc.) to a specified condition by drinking (drank himself into a stupor).
5 tr. (usu. foll. by away) spend (wages etc.) on drink (drank away the money).
6 tr. wish (a person's good health, luck, etc.) by drinking (drank his health).
--n.
1 a a liquid for drinking (milk is a sustaining drink). b a draught or specified amount of this (had a drink of milk).
2 a alcoholic liquor (got the drink in for Christmas). b a portion, glass, etc. of this (have a drink). c excessive indulgence in alcohol (drink is his vice).
3 (as the drink) colloq. the sea.

Idiom:
drink deep take a large draught or draughts. drink-driver a person who drives a vehicle with an excess of alcohol in the blood. drink-driving the act or an instance of this. drink in listen to closely or eagerly (drank in his every word). drinking-song a song sung while drinking, usu. concerning drink. drinking-up time Brit. a short period legally allowed for finishing drinks bought before closing time in a public house. drinking-water water pure enough for drinking. drink off drink the whole (contents) of at once. drink to toast; wish success to. drink a person under the table remain sober longer than one's drinking companion. drink up drink the whole of; empty. in drink drunk. strong drink alcohol, esp. spirits.

Derivative:
drinkable adj. drinker n.

Etymology:
OE drincan (v.), drinc(a) (n.) f. Gmc

N  drunkenness, intemperance, drinking, inebriety, inebriation, ebriety, ebriosity, insobriety, intoxication, temulency, bibacity, wine bibbing, comtation, potation, deep potations, bacchanals, bacchanalia, libations, bender, oinomania, dipsomania, delirium tremens, alcohol, alcoholism, mania a potu, drink, alcoholic drinks, blue ruin, grog, port wine, punch, punch bowl, cup, rosy wine, flowing bowl, drop, drop too much, dram, beer, aguardiente, apple brandy, applejack, brandy, brandy smash, chain lightning, champagne, cocktail, gin, ginsling, highball, peg, rum, rye, schnapps, sherry, sling, uisquebaugh, usquebaugh, whisky, xeres, drunkard, sot, toper, tippler, bibber, wine-bibber, lush, hard drinker, gin drinker, dram drinker, soaker, sponge, tun, love pot, toss pot, thirsty soul, reveler, carouser, Bacchanal, Bacchanalian, Bacchal, Bacchante, devotee to Bacchus, bum, guzzler, tavern haunter, drunk, tipsy, intoxicated, inebrious, inebriate, inebriated, in one's cups, in a state of intoxication, temulent, temulentive, bombed, smashed, fuddled, mellow, cut, boozy, fou, fresh, merry, elevated, flustered, disguised, groggy, beery, top-heavy, potvaliant, glorious, potulent, squiffy, overcome, overtaken, whittled, screwed, tight, primed, corned, raddled, sewed up, lushy, nappy, muddled, muzzy, obfuscated, maudlin, crapulous, dead drunk, woozy, buzzed, flush, flushed, inter pocula, in liquor, the worse for liquor, having had a drop too much, half seas over, three sheets in the wind, three sheets to the wind, under the table, drunk as a lord, drunk as a skunk, drunk as a piper, drunk as a fiddler, drunk as Chloe, drunk as an owl, drunk as David's sow, drunk as a wheelbarrow, drunken, bibacious, sottish, given to drink, addicted to drink, addicted to the bottle, toping, nunc est bibendum, Bacchus ever fair and young, drink down all unkindness, O that men should put an enemy in their mouths to.

VB  get drunk, be drunk, see double, take a drop too much, take a glass too much, drink, tipple, tope, booze, bouse, guzzle, swill, soak, sot, bum, besot, have a jag on, have a buzz on, lush, bib, swig, carouse, sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus, take to drinking, drink hard, drink deep, drink like a fish, have one's swill, drain the cup, splice the main brace, take a hair of the dog that bit you, liquor, liquor up, wet one's whistle, take a whet, crack a bottle, pass the bottle, toss off, go to the alehouse, go to the public house, make one drunk, inebriate, fuddle, befuddle, fuzzle, get into one's head.

VB  give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree, introduce, intromit, usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in, let in, take in, suck in, draw in, readmit, resorb, reabsorb, snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate, engulf, engorge, gulp, eat, drink.

N  food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.

drink down, drink in, drink to, drink up, fruit drink, hard drink, mixed drink, soft drink, strong drink, tea-like drink