English > drink: 10 senses > noun 1, food| Meaning | A single serving of a beverage. |
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| Examples | - "I asked for a hot drink"
- "likes a drink before dinner"
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| Narrower | chaser | A drink to follow immediately after another drink |
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| draft, draught, potation, tipple | A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg |
| eye opener | An alcoholic drink intended to wake one up early in the morning |
| frappe | liqueur poured over shaved ice |
| hair of the dog | An alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover |
| ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, float | A drink with ice cream floating in it |
| libation | (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage |
| milkshake, milk shake, shake | Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream |
| nightcap | An alcoholic drink taken at bedtime |
| pledge, toast | A drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event |
| posset | Sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer |
| sangaree, sangria | sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water |
| shandygaff, shandy | A drink made of beer and lemonade |
| stirrup cup | A farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart) |
| sundowner | A drink taken at sundown |
| syllabub, sillabub | spiced hot milk with rum or wine |
| whiskey neat, whisky neat | A drink consisting of whiskey without a mixer |
| whiskey on the rocks, whisky on the rocks | whiskey with ice |
| Broader | helping, portion, serving | An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal |
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| Spanish | bebida, copa |
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| Catalan | beguda, copa |
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| Verbs | drink | take in liquids / liquids |
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English > drink: 10 senses > noun 3, food| Meaning | Any liquid / liquid suitable for drinking. |
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| Synonyms | beverage, drinkable, potable |
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| Narrower | alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant | A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent |
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| cider, cyder | A beverage made from juice pressed from apples |
| cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate | A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar |
| coffee, java | A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans |
| cooler | An iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice |
| drinking water | water suitable for drinking |
| fizz | An effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic) |
| fruit drink, ade | A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice |
| fruit juice, fruit crush | drink produced by squeezing or crushing / crushing fruit |
| ginger beer | carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger |
| hydromel | honey diluted in water |
| mate | South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate |
| milk | A white nutritious liquid / liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings |
| mixer | club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol |
| near beer | drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol |
| oenomel | wine mixed with honey |
| potion | A medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage |
| refresher | A drink that refreshes |
| smoothie | A thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk |
| soft drink | nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated) |
| tea | A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water |
| tea-like drink | A beverage that resembles tea but is not made from tea leaves |
| wish-wash | Any thin watery drink |
| Broader | food, nutrient | Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
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| liquid | A substance that is liquid / liquid at room temperature and pressure |
| Spanish | beber, bebida, bebidas, potable, trago |
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| Catalan | beguda, potable |
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| Verbs | drink | take in liquids / liquids |
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English > drink: 10 senses > verb 1, consumption| Meaning | take in liquids / liquids. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Model | They drink; The animals drink |
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| Examples | - "The patient must drink several liters each day"
- "The children like to drink soda"
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| Synonym | imbibe |
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| Caused by | drench | Force to drink |
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| Entailed by | suckle | suck milk from the mother's breasts |
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| Narrower | drain the cup, drink up | drink to the last drop |
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| guggle, gurgle | drink from a flask with a gurgling sound |
| gulp, quaff, swig | To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught |
| guzzle | drink greedily or as if with great thirst |
| lap, lap up, lick | take up with the tongue |
| sip | drink in sips |
| suck | Draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth |
| swill, swill down | drink large quantities of (liquid / liquid, especially alcoholic drink) |
| toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill | drink down entirely |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
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| See also | drink down | drink down entirely |
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| drink up | drink to the last drop |
| Spanish | beber, tomar |
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| Catalan | beure, prendre's, prendre |
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| Nouns | drink | the act of swallowing |
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| drink | any liquid / liquid suitable for drinking |
| drink | a single serving of a beverage |
| drinker | a person who drinks liquids / liquids |
| drinking | the act of consuming liquids / liquids |
English > drink: 10 senses > verb 2, consumption| Meaning | consume alcohol. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
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| Model | They drink |
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| Example | "We were up drinking all night" |
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| Synonyms | hit the bottle, booze, fuddle |
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| Entailed by | sober up, sober | Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption |
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| toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail | Propose a toast to |
| wine and dine | Eat sumptuously |
| Narrower | carry, hold | drink alcohol without showing ill effects |
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| claret | drink claret |
| port | drink port |
| pub-crawl, bar hop | Go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk |
| souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up | Become drunk or drink excessively |
| tank | Consume excessive amounts of alcohol |
| tipple, bib | drink moderately but regularly |
| wine | drink wine |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
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| Similar to | drink, tope | drink excessive amounts of alcohol |
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| Spanish | beber, emborracharse, soplar, tomar unas copas, tomar |
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| Catalan | beure, prendre |
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| Nouns | drink, drinking | the act of drinking / drinking alcoholic beverages to excess |
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| drinker | a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) |
