Antonyms for drank


Grammar : Verb
Spell : drangk
Phonetic Transcription : dræŋk


Definition of drank

Origin :
  • Old English dranc, singular past tense of drink. It also became past participle 17c.-19c., probably to avoid the pejorative associations of drunk.
  • verb take in liquid
Example sentences :
  • He raised his flagon and drank to him, with a merry flash of his white teeth.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Katie brought his coffee to his room, and he drank it standing.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The night assistant sent coffee down to them, and they drank it.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • No one drank except as the leader said they could, and at night they made prayers and songs.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Laughingly they drank this toast; and the skewers were filled a second time.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Martin drank in every detail wonderingly, with a kind of awe.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • And after they had drank, they grew still merrier than before.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He drank three cups of tea, but abstained from food entirely.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • He drank and relapsed into his peculiarly close manner of silence.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • I encouraged him to so on, and we drank together, until he let me into his whole plan.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for drank

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