Antonyms for drink


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : dringk
Phonetic Transcription : drɪŋk


Definition of drink

Origin :
  • Old English drincan "to drink," also "to swallow up, engulf" (class III strong verb; past tense dranc, past participle druncen), from Proto-Germanic *drengkan (cf. Old Saxon drinkan, Old Frisian drinka, Dutch drinken, Old High German trinkan, German trinken, Old Norse drekka, Gothic drigkan "to drink"), of uncertain origin, perhaps from a root meaning "to draw." Not found outside Germanic.
  • Most Indo-European words for this trace to PIE *po(i)- (cf. Greek pino, Latin biber, Irish ibim, Old Church Slavonic piti, Russian pit'; see imbibe).
  • The noun meaning "beverage, alcoholic beverage" was in late Old English.
  • The noun, AS. drinc, would normally have given southern drinch (cf. drench), but has been influenced by the verb. [Weekley]
  • To drink like a fish is first recorded 1747.
  • noun beverage; alcoholic beverage
  • verb take in liquid
Example sentences :
  • There is in this city a rag-picker so wealthy that he can afford to drink wine every day.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
  • His mother lay on a wretched bed in the corner, half stupefied with drink.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I'd worked wid my mouf full of dust, but could not stop to get a drink of water.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • As our horses would not drink it, it can be imagined how salt it was.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • And to his astonishment there was none of the shocking effect of his first drink of whisky.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "I know you need a drink," said the bartender, looking at Andrew again.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I want to eat when I am hungry, sleep when I am weary, drink—well, any old time.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • They want to loaf about, and drink, and be a nuisance to everybody, like some of the rich ones.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Let us eat and drink and do what good we can, for to-morrow we die!'
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • And here I drink to mine old comrades, and the saints be with them!
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for drink

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