drinking

drink  (drngk)

v. drank (drngk), drunk (drngk), drink·ing, drinks

v.tr.

1. To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid).

2. To swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel): drank a cup of tea.

3. To take in or soak up; absorb: drank the fresh air; spongy earth that drank up the rain.

4. To take in eagerly through the senses or intellect: drank in the beauty of the day.

5.

a. To give or make (a toast).

b. To toast (a person or an occasion, for example): We'll drink your health.

6. To bring to a specific state by drinking alcoholic liquors: drank our sorrows away.

v.intr.

1. To swallow liquid: drank noisily; drink from a goblet.

2. To imbibe alcoholic liquors: They only drink socially.

3. To salute a person or an occasion with a toast: We will drink to your continued success.

n.

1. A liquid that is fit for drinking; a beverage.

2. An amount of liquid swallowed: took a long drink from the fountain.

3. An alcoholic beverage, such as a cocktail or highball.

4. Excessive or habitual indulgence in alcoholic liquor.

5. Chiefly Southern U.S. See soft drink. See Regional Note at tonic.

6. Slang A body of water; the sea: The hatch cover slid off the boat and into the drink.

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[Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan; see dhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drinking - the act of consuming liquids         imbibing, imbibition consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) guzzling, swilling, gulping - the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly potation - the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink)
	2.	drinking - the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall" boozing, crapulence, drink, drunkenness intemperateness, intemperance - consumption of alcoholic drinks drinking bout - a long period of drinking

Translations

drinking [ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ] n (= drunkenness) → beber m

drinking [ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ] n (= drunkenness) → boisson f, alcoolisme m

drinking [ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ] drink n → Trinken nt

drinking [ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ] n (= drunkenness) → il bere, alcoolismo