drink

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Old English drincan

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Infinitive
to drink

Third person singular
drinks

Simple past
drank

Past participle
drunk (or drank)

Present participle
drinking

to drink (third-person singular simple present drinks, present participle drinking, simple past drank, past participle drunk (or drank))

  1. (transitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
    He drank the water I gave him.
  2. (intransitive) To consume liquid through the mouth.
    You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
  3. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
    You've been drinking, haven't you?
    No thanks, I don't drink.
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Old English drync

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Singular
drink

Plural
drinks

drink (plural drinks)

  1. A served beverage.
    I’d like another drink please.
  2. A served alcoholic beverage.
    Can I buy you a drink?
  3. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
    He was about to take a drink from his root beer.
  4. A type of beverage (usually mixed)
    My favourite drink is the White Russian.
  5. Alcohol beverages in general.
    It’s enough to drive you to drink.
    She has a problem with the drink.
  6. (the drink; colloquial) Any body of water.
    If he doesn't pay off the mafia, he’ll wear cement shoes to the bottom of the drink!
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[edit] Afrikaans

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Dutch drinken.

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drink

  1. to drink

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drink

  1. drink; a (mixed) alcoholic beverage

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drink c. (singular definite drinken, plural indefinite drinks)

  1. drink; a (mixed) alcoholic beverage

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drink

  1. The first-person singular present tense of drinken.
  2. The imperative form of drinken.

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English

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drink m. inv.

  1. drink (served beverage and mixed beverage)

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drink

  1. drink; first person singular of drinken

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Inflection for drink Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form drink drinken drinkar drinkarna
Possessive form drinks drinkens drinkars drinkarnas

drink c.

  1. drink; a (mixed) alcoholic beverage

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