Dictionary entry details
• DRINK (noun)
Meaning:
A single serving of a beverage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Context examples:
I asked for a hot drink / likes a drink before dinner
Hypernyms ("drink" is a kind of...):
helping; portion; serving (an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drink"):
posset (sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer)
sillabub; syllabub (spiced hot milk with rum or wine)
sangaree; sangria (sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water)
whiskey neat; whisky neat (a drink consisting of whiskey without a mixer)
whiskey on the rocks; whisky on the rocks (whiskey with ice)
float; ice-cream float; ice-cream soda (a drink with ice cream floating in it)
milk shake; milkshake; shake (frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream)
frappe (liqueur poured over shaved ice)
sundowner (a drink taken at sundown)
stirrup cup (a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic)
chaser (a drink to follow immediately after another drink)
draft; draught; potation; tipple (a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg)
pledge; toast (a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event)
libation ((facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage)
eye opener (an alcoholic drink intended to wake one up early in the morning)
nightcap (an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic)
hair of the dog (an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover)
shandy; shandygaff (a drink made of beer and lemonade)
Meaning:
The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
boozing; crapulence; drink; drinking; drunkenness
Context example:
drink was his downfall
Hypernyms ("drink" is a kind of...):
intemperance; intemperateness (consumption of alcoholic drinks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drink"):
drinking bout (a long period of drinking)
Meaning:
Any liquid suitable for drinking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
beverage; drinkable; potable; drink
Context example:
may I take your beverage order?
Hypernyms ("drink" is a kind of...):
food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue)
liquid (a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drink"):
cider; cyder (a beverage made from juice pressed from apples)
chocolate; cocoa; drinking chocolate; hot chocolate (a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot)
fruit crush; fruit juice (drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit)
ade; fruit drink (a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice)
mate (South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate)
soft drink (nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated))
coffee; java (a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans)
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)
drinking water (water suitable for drinking)
fizz (an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic))
smoothie (a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk)
refresher (a drink that refreshes)
milk (a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings)
wish-wash (any thin watery drink)
potion (a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage)
alcohol; alcoholic beverage; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)
hydromel (honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented)
oenomel (wine mixed with honey)
near beer (drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol)
ginger beer (carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger)
mixer (club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol)
cooler (an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice)
Meaning:
Any large deep body of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Context example:
he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued
Hypernyms ("drink" is a kind of...):
body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
The act of swallowing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
deglutition; swallow; drink
Context examples:
one swallow of the liquid was enough / he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips
Hypernyms ("drink" is a kind of...):
consumption; ingestion; intake; uptake (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drink"):
aerophagia (swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence))
draft; draught; gulp; swig (a large and hurried swallow)
sip (a small drink)
• DRINK (verb)
Meaning:
Take in liquids
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
drink; imbibe
Context examples:
The patient must drink several liters each day / The children like to drink soda
Hypernyms (to "drink" is one way to...):
consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drink"):
belt down; bolt down; down; drink down; kill; pop; pour down; toss off (drink down entirely)
gulp; quaff; swig (to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught)
drain the cup; drink up (drink to the last drop)
lap; lap up; lick (take up with the tongue)
guzzle (drink greedily or as if with great thirst)
sip (drink in sips)
guggle; gurgle (drink from a flask with a gurgling sound)
suck (draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth)
swill; swill down (drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
They drink
The animals drink
Also:
drink down (drink down entirely)
drink up (drink to the last drop)
Meaning:
Consume alcohol
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
booze; drink; fuddle
Context example:
We were up drinking all night
Hypernyms (to "drink" is one way to...):
consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drink"):
carry; hold (drink alcohol without showing ill effects)
wine (drink wine)
hit it up; inebriate; soak; souse (become drunk or drink excessively)
bib; tipple (drink moderately but regularly)
bar hop; pub-crawl (go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk)
claret (drink claret)
port (drink port)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
They drink
Meaning:
Propose a toast to
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
salute; toast; wassail; drink; pledge
Context examples:
Let us toast the birthday girl! / Let's drink to the New Year
Hypernyms (to "drink" is one way to...):
honor; honour; reward (bestow honor or rewards upon)
"Drink" entails doing...:
booze; drink; fuddle (consume alcohol)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drink"):
give (propose)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
drink in; drink
Context example:
The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage
Hypernyms (to "drink" is one way to...):
absorb; engross; engulf; immerse; plunge; soak up; steep (engross (oneself) fully)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
tope; drink
Context example:
The husband drinks and beats his wife
Hypernyms (to "drink" is one way to...):
habituate; use (take or consume (regularly or habitually))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
