Definition of: drink

(dringk) v. drank (Obs. drunk), drunk (Obs. drunk·en), drink·ing v.t.
1. To take into the mouth and swallow, as water.
2. To soak up or absorb (a liquid or moisture).
3. To take in eagerly through the senses or the mind: often with in.
4. To drink the health of; toast.
5. To swallow the contents of.
—v.i.
6. To swallow a liquid.
7. To drink alcoholic liquors, especially to excess or habitually; tope.
8. To drink a toast: with to.
—noun
1. Any liquid that is or may be swallowed; a beverage.
2. Alcoholic liquor.
3. The practice of drinking to excess.
4. As much as is or may be taken at one time; a draft.
—in drink Overcome by liquor. [OE drincan]