DRINK | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of drink in English drinknoun [ C or U ] uk /drɪŋk/ us /drɪŋk/

drink noun [C or U] (LIQUID)

Add to word list Add to word list A1 (an amount of) liquid that is taken into the body through the mouth: drink of Would you like a drink of water/tea/juice? They'd had no food or drink for two days.

• I like to have a hot drink at bedtime.
• In hot weather, shops do a brisk trade in cold drinks and ice creams.
• I don't let the children have sweet fizzy drinks.
• I think apple juice is your favourite drink, isn't it?
• The table tipped and all our drinks fell on the floor.

Drinks - general words

• beverage
• blender
• caffeinated
• carbonated
• carbonation
• craft
• fizzy
• flat
• flight
• hospitality
• hospitality tray
• ice cube
• iced
• refreshment
• shake
• shaved ice
• straw
• sundowner
• thirst-quenching
• weak

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drink noun [C or U] (ALCOHOL)

A2 alcoholic liquid: Do we have time for a quick drink? Whose turn is it to buy the drinks?UK We ran out of drink at the party.  drinks [ plural ] a party at which you have drinks, especially alcoholic drinks: Come over for drinks on Saturday. See more

• Come on, I'll buy you a drink.
• We can't get a drink! It's after closing time.
• I won't have another drink, thanks. I need to have a clear head for my meeting in the morning.
• Let's discuss this over a drink.
• We could go for a drink after work tomorrow, if you like.

Alcohol - general words

• ABV
• alcohol-free
• alcoholic
• alcoholic beverage
• alcoholically
• alcopop
• intoxicant
• jigger
• juice
• kick
• lechaim
• libation
• palm wine
• pre-drink
• pre-drinking
• predrinks
• pregaming
• specific gravity
• usual
• vinosity

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Idiom

take to drink drinkverb uk /drɪŋk/ us /drɪŋk/ drank | drunk

drink verb (LIQUID)

A1 [ I or T ] to take liquid into the body through the mouth: He drank three glasses of water. The animals came down to the waterhole to drink. to drink

• drinkWhat would you like to drink?
• haveI don't let the children have sweet fizzy drinks.
• sipShe sipped the tea carefully because it was hot.
• swigHe was swigging milk from the bottle.
• gulp (down)Stop gulping your water!
• slurpThe children were eating pizza and slurping lemonade.

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• If I drink too much coffee, I can't sleep.
• You'll dehydrate very quickly in this heat, if you don't drink lots of water.
• It's strange how drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty.
• She drank two whole glassfuls of orange juice.
• I love milk - I drink gallons of the stuff.

Drinking

• consume
• drink (something) up phrasal verb
• drink your fill
• drinker
• drinking
• drinking fountain
• drinking water
• hydrate
• mainline
• non-consuming
• non-consumption
• overindulge
• overindulgence
• overindulgent
• quench
• skol
• slurp
• sup
• swig
• swill

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drink verb (ALCOHOL)

A2 [ I ] to drink alcohol: "Would you like a glass of wine?" "No thanks, I don't drink." I didn't drink at all while I was pregnant.

• It's a classic case of the bored-housewife syndrome - she's got nothing to do all day except drink and go shopping.
• I'm a social drinker - I only drink when I'm with other people.
• You look a bit rough - how much did you have to drink last night?
• He drank himself to death.
• He drank, womanized and wasted money.

Drinking alcohol

• abstinence
• abstinence-only
• after hours idiom
• alcohol-free
• bar-hop
• drinking habit
• drinking-up time
• drinks party
• drown
• drown your sorrows idiom
• Dutch courage
• imbibe
• lash
• on the piss idiom
• out of hours idiom
• outdrink
• overdrink
• paint
• ply
• toot

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Idioms

drink like a fish drink someone under the table

Phrasal verbs

drink something in drink to something drink (something) up (Definition of drink from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

drink | American Dictionary

drinkverb us /drɪŋk/ past tense drank us/dræŋk/ | past participle drunk us/drʌŋk/

drink verb (TAKE LIQUID)

Add to word list Add to word list [ I/T ] to take in and swallow an amount of liquid through the mouth: [ T ] She drinks a glass of orange juice every morning.

drink verb (TAKE ALCOHOL)

[ I ] to take in an alcoholic liquid: He used to drink heavily.

Phrasal verb

drink to something/someone drinknoun us /drɪŋk/

drink noun (LIQUID)

[ C/U ] liquid which is taken into the body through the mouth: [ C ] May I have a drink of water?

drink noun (ALCOHOL)

[ C ] a liquid containing alcohol: Who's buying the drinks? (Definition of drink from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of drink

drink I used to advise them not to drink too much alcohol, and they kept telling me that they only drank a very small quantity. From the Cambridge English Corpus By bringing around food and drink he demonstrates that he is an open person and personally approachable by everybody. From the Cambridge English Corpus In some cases, the drink itself may be referred to as kakaw. From the Cambridge English Corpus What one wore to dinner, where one sat and with whom, and what one ate and drank all served as indexes of class. From the Cambridge English Corpus Sevastian explains why they were not able to come earlier, and as soon as the parents drink the soda, the marriage is arranged. From the Cambridge English Corpus Similarly, he eats and drinks at the restaurant because of desires generated by internal mechanisms of hunger and thirst. From the Cambridge English Corpus The lessons are rather clear: the more people drink and smoke, the shorter they live! From the Cambridge English Corpus Illness in the community was associated with the consumption of foods in restaurants or drinking unpasteurized milk. From the Cambridge English Corpus Only one patient, a young female who drank heavily and binged, described trying to reduce her alcohol consumption. From the Cambridge English Corpus When the level of refillables would fall below the quota, mandatory deposits on drink containers had to be introduced. From the Cambridge English Corpus The journalist criticized the pilot of the travelers who was drinking too much. From the Cambridge English Corpus The journalist criticized the pilot of the traveler who was drinking too much. From the Cambridge English Corpus Lovers were drunk with emotion, crowds acted in a drunken frenzy, and drink freed the tongue to talk. From the Cambridge English Corpus Even ejidatarios of modest means contracted mariachi groups that played all night long for them, whilst drinking beer until they fell asleep at their table. From the Cambridge English Corpus During that moment of isolation, healers usually enjoy their 'time-off' by drinking some sugarcane wine and answering my questions. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of drink These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of drink?

Translations of drink

in Chinese (Traditional) 液體, 飲料, 一份（飲料）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 液体, 饮料, 一份（饮料）… See more in Spanish bebida, trago, copa… See more in Portuguese bebida, bebida alcoólica, beber… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian पेय, मद्य असलेले पेय, पेय पिणे… See more ～を飲む, 酒を飲む, 飲み物… See more içmek, içki içmek, alkol almak… See more boire, boisson [feminine], verre [masculine]… See more beure, beure alcohol, beguda… See more drinken, drank, het drinken… See more (ஒரு அளவு) வாய் வழியாக உடலுக்குள் எடுக்கப்படும் ஒரு திரவம், மது திரவம், வாய் வழியாக உடலில் திரவத்தை எடுத்துக்கொள்வது… See more पेय, शराब, पीना… See more પીણું, પીવું, દારુ… See more drikke, slurk, drik… See more dricka, supa, klunk… See more minum, minum minuman keras, minuman… See more trinken, der Schluck, das Getränk… See more drikke, drikk [masculine], drikke [neuter]… See more مشروب, شراب, ڈرنک… See more пити, питво, напій… See more (తాగే పరిమాణంలో ఉన్న) పానీయం, మద్యపానీయం, మందు… See more পানীয়, মদ্য, সুরা… See more pít, nápoj, pití… See more minum, minum minuman keras, minuman… See more ดื่ม, เครื่องดื่ม, เหล้า… See more uống, uống rượu, đồ uống… See more pić, napój, łyk… See more 마시다, 술을 (정기적으로) 마시다, 음료… See more bere, bevanda, bibita… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of drink

• mixed drink
• soft drink
• pre-drink
• long drink
• drink driver
• drink-driving
• drink machine

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• drink to something/someone phrasal verb
• drink (something) up phrasal verb
• drink something in phrasal verb
• drink to something phrasal verb

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• take to drink idiom
• the demon drink idiom
• drink like a fish idiom
• drive someone to drink idiom
• drink the Kool-Aid idiom
• the worse for drink idiom
• can't hold your drink idiom

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  • Noun 
    • drink (LIQUID)
    • drink (ALCOHOL)
    • drinks
  • Verb 
    • drink (LIQUID)
    • drink (ALCOHOL)
• American   
  • Verb 
    • drink (TAKE LIQUID)
    • drink (TAKE ALCOHOL)
  • Noun 
    • drink (LIQUID)
    • drink (ALCOHOL)
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