Drink: Definition and part of speech

Drink

  1. n. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out.
  2. v. i. To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.
  3. v. i. To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the /se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple.
  4. v. t. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.
  5. v. t. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
  6. v. t. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
  7. v. t. To smoke, as tobacco.
  8. n. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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