To take (liquid) into the stomach; to swallow down, imbibe, quaff.

trans. Of liquid food: To taste, to drink.

To handle, however slightly. Chiefly in negative constructions or contexts. transitive. To handle (food, drink, etc.) in order to eat; to partake…

transitive. To drink (something) up, to swallow, esp. by mouthfuls or spoonfuls. †Also with off, out, or in.

transitive. slang (chiefly British). To drink or eat greedily; to swallow, gulp down.

To take a draught of; to drink or suck up. Cf. Latin exhaurire vinum. Obsolete.

To take a pull at (liquor, the breast). Also transitive. To pull at (the breast). Obsolete.

transitive. To drink. Obsolete. rare.

to suck at: (a) to take a draught of; to inhale: (b) to take a pull at (a pipe, drinking vessel).

transitive. To sup, swallow.

transitive and intransitive. To drink greedily or excessively for a second or further time.

Of a person or animal: To drink in, drink (liquid); to inhale (the air, tobacco smoke).

intransitive. To pull with great effort or force; to drag, haul. Often with at.

transitive. colloquial. To drink or eat, esp. voraciously or with relish. Cf. soak, v. 9c.

transitive with away, †up: To spend, squander, lose, or get rid of by tippling.

transitive. To draw or suck in; to inhale; to imbibe.

colloquial. transitive. To consume (a drink, esp. an alcoholic drink) rapidly or in one go; to drink down.