Antonyms for drink

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : dringk

Phonetic Transcription : drɪŋk

abstain
food

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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