drink

DRINK, verb intransitive preterit tense and participle passive drank. Old preterit tense And participle passive drunk; participle passive Drunken. [G. drink and drench are radically the same word, and probably drown. We observe that n is not radical.] 1. To swallow liquor, for quenching thirst or other purpose; as, to drink of the brook. Ye shall indeed drink of my cup. Matthew 20:22. 2. To take spirituous liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the use of spirituous liquors; to be a habitual drunkard. 3. To feast; to be entertained with liquors. To drink to, 1. To salute in drinking; to invite to drink by drinking first; as, I drink to you grace. 2. To wish well to, in the act of taking the cup. DRINK, verb transitive 1. To swallow, as liquids; to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; as, to drink water or wine. 2. To suck in; to absorb; to imbibe. And let the purple violets drink the stream. 3. To take in by any inlet; to hear; to see; as, to drink words or the voice. I drink delicious poison from thy eye. 4. To take in air; to inhale. To drink down, is to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. To drink off, to drink the whole at a draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial. To drink in, to absorb; to take or receive into any inlet. To drink up, to drink the whole. To drink health, or to the health, a customary civility in which a person at taking a glass or cup, expresses his respect or kind wishes for another. DRINK, noun Liquor to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach, for quenching thirst, or for medicinal purposes; as water, wine, beer, cider, decoctions, etc.