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]

A. N

1. [of any liquid] my sore throat made drinking painful → al tener la garganta irritada me dolía mucho al beber

2. [of alcohol] his drinking caused his marriage to break up → la bebida fue la causa de la ruptura de su matrimonio
she had to put up with his drinking → tuvo que aguantar sus borracheras
heavy drinking can cause weight problems → beber mucho puede ocasionar problemas de peso
I'm not a drinking person → no soy bebedor, no bebo mucho

B. CPD drinking bout N → juerga f, farra f (LAm)
drinking chocolate N → chocolate m (bebida)
drinking companion N → compañero/a m/f de copas
drinking fountain N → fuente f (de agua potable)
drinking session N → juerga f, farra f (LAm)
drinking song N → canción f de taberna
drinking trough N → abrevadero m, camellón m
drinking water N → agua f potable

drinking [ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ]

n (= consumption of alcohol) → consommation f d'alcool
the health hazards of underage smoking and drinking → les risques sanitaires de la consommation d'alcool et de tabac chez les mineurs
Smoking and drinking are ways of coping
BUT Le tabac et la boisson sont des façons de tenir.
after a night's drinking → après une nuit bien arrosée

modif [laws] → de la consommation d'alcool, sur la consommation d'alcool
drinking binge → beuverie f
drinking companion → compagnon* $ de beuverie(compagne)m/f → copain* $ de beuverie(copine)m/f
drinking chocolate n → chocolat m en poudre
drinking culture n → culture f de la boisson
drinking fountain n (in street, office) → fontaine f d'eau potable
drinking straw n → paille f
drinking-up time n (British) dernières minutes pour finir son verre avant la fermeture d'un pub
drinking water n → eau f potable
drink problem drinking problem n
to have a drink problem → trop boire
drinks cabinet n → bar meuble)m >
drinks party n → cocktail réception)m >

drinking

n → Trinken nt; there had been some heavy drinking at the party → auf der Party war viel getrunken worden; his drinking caused his marriage to break up → an seiner Trunksucht ging seine Ehe in die Brüche; underage drinking → der Alkoholkonsum von Minderjährigen

adj → Trink-, Sauf- (inf); drinking habits → Trinkgewohnheiten pl; drinking session or binge (inf) → Trinkgelage nt; drinking bout or spree → Sauftour f (inf); when his wife died he went on a drinking bout for three months → als seine Frau starb, hat er drei Monate lang nur getrunken; they are drinking friends → sie gehen oft zusammen einen trinken (inf); I’m not really a drinking man → ich trinke eigentlich nicht viel Alkohol

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drinking:

drinking age

n Mindestalter für den Alkoholkonsum in der Öffentlichkeit

drinking chocolate

n → Trinkschokolade f

drinking club

n Klub, in dem Alkohol ausgeschenkt wird

drinking companion

n → Zechkumpan(in) m(f)

drinking den

n → Kaschemme f (pej)

drinking fountain

n → Trinkwasserbrunnen m

drinking glass

n → Trinkglas nt

drinking horn

n → Trinkhorn nt

drinking laws

pl Gesetze über den Alkoholkonsum

drinking problem

n → Alkoholproblem nt

drinking song

n → Trinklied nt

drinking station

n (at marathon) → Verpflegungsstation f

drinking straw

n → Trinkhalm m, → Strohhalm m

drinking trough

n → Wassertrog m

drinking-up time

n (Brit) die letzten zehn Minuten vor der Polizeistunde

drinking water

n → Trinkwasser nt

drinking [ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ] n (of alcohol) → il bere
drinking song → canzone f goliardica
an all-night drinking bout → una notte passata a ubriacarsi

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drinking [ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ] n (of alcohol) → il bere
drinking song → canzone f goliardica
an all-night drinking bout → una notte passata a ubriacarsi