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单词 drink
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drinkn.

Brit. /drɪŋk/, U.S. /drɪŋk/
Forms: Old English drican (accusative, probably transmission error), Old English drinca, Old English drincea (genitive plural), Old English drinceum (dative plural), Old English dringe (Northumbrian, accusative), Old English dryngc, Old English (in compounds)–early Middle English drince, Old English (rare)–early Middle English (south-west midlands) drunc, Old English–early Middle English drynce- (in compounds), Old English–Middle English drinc, Old English–Middle English drync, late Old English drincæ- (in compounds), late Old English–Middle English dryng, early Middle English drinch, early Middle English dring- (inflected form), early Middle English drinnc ( Ormulum), early Middle English drinnch ( Ormulum), early Middle English drinnke ( Ormulum, accusative singular), early Middle English druch (transmission error), early Middle English drunch, early Middle English drung (south-west midlands), early Middle English drunh (south-west midlands), Middle English drenk, Middle English drenke, Middle English dring, Middle English dringke, Middle English drynge, Middle English dryngke, Middle English–1500s drynck, Middle English–1500s drynk, Middle English–1500s drynke, Middle English–1600s drinck, Middle English–1600s drincke, Middle English–1700s drinke, Middle English– drink, late Middle English drynche (south-western), 1500s dryncke; Scottish pre-1700 dring, pre-1700 drinke, pre-1700 dryng, pre-1700 drynk, pre-1700 drynke, pre-1700 1700s– drink, pre-1700 1800s drenk. N.E.D. (1897) also records a form Middle English drenck.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a word inherited from Germanic. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: drink v.1
Etymology: A merger of two words of distinct but closely related origin. Partly (i) (as Old English drync (strong masculine)) cognate with Middle Dutch dronc (Dutch dronk ), Middle Low German drunk , Old High German trunk , trunch (strong masculine; Middle High German trunc , German Trunk ), Old Icelandic drykkr (strong masculine), Old Swedish drykker (Swedish dryck ), Old Danish dryck , drick (Danish drik ), all in the sense ‘drink, beverage’ < an ablaut variant (zero grade) of the same Germanic base as drink v.1 Partly (ii) (as Old English drinca (weak masculine)) cognate with Old Icelandic drekka (weak feminine), and perhaps Swedish dricka , Old Danish drickæ (Danish drikke ), all in the sense ‘drink, beverage’ < a different ablaut variant (full grade) of the same Germanic base as drink v.1 In later use also partly directly < drink v.1 Compare drench n.In Old English a strong masculine by-form drinc is also attested. Feminine gender, beside the usual masculine, has sometimes been assumed for weak inflected drincan , but there is no unambiguous evidence for it. In Old English strong masculine drync (originally an i-stem) there is regular palatalization and assibilation of the final consonant due to the stem-forming suffix that also caused i-mutation of the stem vowel. This palatalization and assibilation is not usually reflected in the spelling (compare however early Middle English drunch, and also the occasional Old English inflected plural forms drincea , drinceum ). The presence of velar /k/ evident from the Middle English reflexes (drinnc, drink, etc.) results not only from the forms of less frequent Old English weak masculine drinca , but probably also from analogical levelling within the paradigm of Old English drync (from forms where assibilation may not have taken place before a back vowel). These factors were apparently very significantly reinforced by the influence of forms of drink v.1 Assibilated forms are rare after the 13th cent., and are apparently not attested after the early 15th. Compare the similar development of forms of swink n., i-swinch n., and the γ. forms at stench n. Prefixed Old English gedrync , gedrinc drink, drinking (strong masculine or perhaps neuter; compare y- prefix) is also attested. It is considerably less common than the unprefixed strong masculine.
1.
a. Liquid swallowed for assuaging thirst or taken into the system for nourishment. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught
shenchc950
drinkc1000
draughtc1200
beveragec1390
napa1450
potation1479–81
potionc1484
slaker?1518
glut1541
pocill1572
adipson1601
go-down1614
slash1614
gulf1674
libation1751
meridian1771
sinda1774
sling1788
mahogany1791
a shove in the mouth1821
nooner1836
quencher1841
refresh1851
slackener1861
squencher1871
refreshener1888
refresher1922
maiden's blush1941
maiden's water1975
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxv. 37 Þyrstendne & we ðe drinc sealdon.
c1220 Bestiary 206 Ðe godspel..is soule drink.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 14 Þei ȝeuen not drenk to pore þristi men.
c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 7 Þe þorste ȝif dryng.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xviii. 21 They dranke none other drynke, but the water of the ryuer.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 344 For drink the Grape She crushes. View more context for this quotation
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 319 The thirsty one, in that he thirsts, desires only drink.
b. esp. as correlative to solid nourishment (meat, food, etc.). meat and drink: see meat n. 1.
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c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John vi. 55 Lichoma forðon min soðlice is mett & blod min soðlice is drinca [Rushw. drync, Ags. G. drinc, Hatton G. drenc].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1777 Bugge him..metes & drinches [c1300 Otho dringes].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11426 Þam failed neuer o drinc ne fode.
1494 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 282 Item Richard Litster dyner and drynk jd. ob.
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 136 In the sacrament is drie and moyst nourishment, that is, bread and drinke.
a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrrrr3v/1 Whats one mans poyson..Is anothers meat or drinke.
1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. i. 121 When the Drink is in too great a Proportion to the solid Food.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 516 The crews had better food and drink than they had ever had before.
c. transferred. Liquid absorbed or drunk in.
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1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 153 Till that her clothes, being heauy with their drinke, Dragg'd the sweete wretch to death.
1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 136 If they [plants] shrivel and fold up, give them drink.
a1800 W. Cowper Yardley-Oak in W. Hayley Life & Posthumous Writings Cowper (1804) III. 414 The scoop'd rind [of the oak], that seems A huge throat calling to the clouds for drink.
2. A kind of liquor for drinking; a beverage.
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the world > food and drink > drink > [noun]
drencha800
drunka800
drinkc888
wetec897
liquor1340
beveragec1400
bever?1453
pitcher-meat1551
bum1570
pot1583
nin1611
sorbition1623
potablesa1625
potion1634
refreshment1639
potulent1656
sorbicle1657
pote1694
drinkable1708
potation1742
rinfresco1745
sup1782
bouvragea1815
potatory1834
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun]
drinkc888
draughtc1200
drinkingc1200
wetting1340
beveragec1390
receipta1393
bever1499
potation1509
quaff1579
watering1598
wipe1600
sorbition1623
imbibation1826
imbibition1844
bibition1853
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xv Næron ða..mistlice..drincas.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15397 Þuss birrleþþ defell & hiss þeww Aȝȝ werrse & werrse drinnchess.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3212 Hiss drinnch wass waterr.
a1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. (1892) 490/219 And oþer drynkes þat weore dere In Coupes ful gret.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. x Wyth their drinke, which they call Sorbet.
1691 T. Tryon Wisdom's Dictates 4 Delight not in Meats and Drinks that are too strong for Nature.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 154 The ancient Persians..esteemed water the best drink.
1884 A. C. J. Gustafson Found. Death (ed. 3) i. 3 The fermented drinks of antiquity were but little adulterated.
3. spec.
a. Intoxicating alcoholic beverage. Hence in various phrases: Indulgence to excess in intoxicating liquor; habits of intemperance, drunkenness. in drink: intoxicated, drunk.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun]
drink1042
liquor1340
bousea1350
cidera1382
dwale1393
sicera1400
barrelc1400
strong drinkc1405
watera1475
swig1548
tipple1581
amber1598
tickle-brain1598
malt pie1599
swill1602
spicket1615
lap1618
John Barleycornc1625
pottle1632
upsy Englisha1640
upsy Friese1648
tipplage1653
heartsease1668
fuddle1680
rosin1691
tea1693
suck1699
guzzlea1704
alcohol1742
the right stuff1748
intoxicant1757
lush1790
tear-brain1796
demon1799
rum1799
poison1805
fogram1808
swizzle1813
gatter1818
wine(s) and spirit(s)1819
mother's milkc1821
skink1823
alcoholics1832
jough1834
alky1844
waipiro1845
medicine1847
stimulant1848
booze1859
tiddly1859
neck oil1860
lotion1864
shrab1867
nose paint1880
fixing1882
wet1894
rabbit1895
shicker1900
jollop1920
mule1920
giggle-water1929
rookus juice1929
River Ouse1931
juice1932
lunatic soup1933
wallop1933
skimish1936
sauce1940
turps1945
grog1946
joy juice1960
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk
fordrunkenc897
drunkena1050
cup-shottenc1330
drunka1400
inebriate1497
overseenc1500
liquor1509
fou1535
nase?1536
full1554
intoxicate1554
tippled1564
intoxicated1576
pepst1577
overflown1579
whip-cat1582
pottical1586
cup-shota1593
fox-drunk1592
lion-drunk1592
nappy1592
sack-sopped1593
in drink1598
disguiseda1600
drink-drowned1600
daggeda1605
pot-shotten1604
tap-shackled1604
high1607
bumpsy1611
foxed1611
in one's cups1611
liquored1611
love-pot1611
pot-sick1611
whift1611
owl-eyed1613
fapa1616
hota1616
inebriated1615
reeling ripea1616
in one's (or the) pots1618
scratched1622
high-flown?1624
pot-shot1627
temulentive1628
ebrious1629
temulent1629
jug-bitten1630
pot-shaken1630
toxed1635
bene-bowsiea1637
swilled1637
paid1638
soaken1651
temulentious1652
flagonal1653
fuddled1656
cut1673
nazzy1673
concerned1678
whittled1694
suckey1699
well-oiled1701
tippeda1708
tow-row1709
wet1709
swash1711
strut1718
cocked1737
cockeyed1737
jagged1737
moon-eyed1737
rocky1737
soaked1737
soft1737
stewed1737
stiff1737
muckibus1756
groggy1770
muzzeda1788
muzzya1795
slewed1801
lumpy1810
lushy1811
pissed1812
blue1813
lush1819
malty1819
sprung1821
three sheets in the wind1821
obfuscated1822
moppy1823
ripe1823
mixed1825
queer1826
rosined1828
shot in the neck1830
tight1830
rummy1834
inebrious1837
mizzled1840
obflisticated1840
grogged1842
pickled1842
swizzled1843
hit under the wing1844
obfusticatedc1844
ebriate1847
pixilated1848
boozed1850
ploughed1853
squiffy?1855
buffy1858
elephant trunk1859
scammered1859
gassed1863
fly-blown1864
rotten1864
shot1864
ebriose1871
shicker1872
parlatic1877
miraculous1879
under the influence1879
ginned1881
shickered1883
boiled1886
mosy1887
to be loaded for bear(s)1888
squiffeda1890
loaded1890
oversparred1890
sozzled1892
tanked1893
orey-eyed1895
up the (also a) pole1897
woozy1897
toxic1899
polluted1900
lit-up1902
on (also upon) one's ear1903
pie-eyed1903
pifflicated1905
piped1906
spiflicated1906
jingled1908
skimished1908
tin hat1909
canned1910
pipped1911
lit1912
peloothered1914
molo1916
shick1916
zigzag1916
blotto1917
oiled-up1918
stung1919
stunned1919
bottled1922
potted1922
rotto1922
puggled1923
puggle1925
fried1926
crocked1927
fluthered1927
lubricated1927
whiffled1927
liquefied1928
steamed1929
mirackc1930
overshot1931
swacked1932
looped1934
stocious1937
whistled1938
sauced1939
mashed1942
plonked1943
stone1945
juiced1946
buzzed1952
jazzed1955
schnockered1955
honkers1957
skunked1958
bombed1959
zonked1959
bevvied1960
mokus1960
snockered1961
plotzed1962
over the limit1966
the worse for wear1966
wasted1968
wired1970
zoned1971
blasted1972
Brahms and Liszt?1972
funked up1976
trousered1977
motherless1980
tired and emotional1981
ratted1982
rat-arsed1984
wazzed1990
mullered1993
twatted1993
bollocksed1994
lashed1996
1042 Anglo-Saxon Chron. Her gefor Harðacnut swa þæt he æt his drinc stod.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2942 Ȝyue we our fadir [sc. Lot] ynowȝe of drinke.
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 151v Hauing then his sences ouercome wyth drink.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 419 I do not speake to thee in drinke . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. vi. 13 The two delinquents..That were the Slaues of drinke . View more context for this quotation
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 79 Take heed that your Sea-men see not the least appearance of drink in your eyes.
1887 H. R. Tedder in Dict. National Biogr. IX. 330/2 With advancing years Caulfield took to drink.
1890 W. Besant Demoniac iv. 46 Not a drop of drink of any kind shall be put on board that boat.
1894 H. Caine Manxman 284 Heaving into the hall like a man in drink.
1897 N.E.D. at Drink Mod. Drink's doings.
b. specifically described, as strong, ardent drink.
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1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke i. f. lxxij He..shall nether drynke wyne ner stronge drynke.
?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe sig. Bi Drynke onely penyale, or suche small drynke.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xv. 106 The great abuse of wines and strong drinks.
1890 W. Besant Demoniac ii. 27 Ardent drinks of various kinds.
c. Colloquial phrase to have drink taken, to have drunk alcoholic liquor; to be intoxicated or suffering from the effects of drink; hence in various elliptical uses.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > be drunk > be partially drunk
to drink wine apec1405
to have on or wear a barley-cap1598
to float in one's cups1630
to have a drop in one's eye1699
to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834
to have drink taken1924
1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 125 How easy it was to know a gentleman even when he has a drop taken.]
1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 186 I saw 'em, sir, come out..not drunk, but all—all havin' drink taken.
1930 ‘Sapper’ Finger of Fate 286 When men of Denton's calibre get into the condition of ‘drink-taken’, such trifles as the presence of other guests in the house do not deter them from being offensive.
1963 ‘A. Gilbert’ Ring for Noose iii. 41 You're sure he's dead, not just drink taken?
4. The action or habit of drinking (to excess); a time or occasion of drinking. rare except in colloquial phrase on the drink. Cf. drunk adj. 1.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drinking-bout
cups1406
drinking?1518
banquet1535
Bacchanal1536
pot-revel1577
compotation1593
rouse1604
Bacchanalia1633
potmealc1639
bout1670
drinking-bout1673
carouse1690
carousal1765
drunk1779
bouse1786
toot1790
set-to1808
spree1811
fuddlea1813
screed1815
bust1834
lush1841
bender1846
bat1848
buster1848
burst1849
soak1851
binge1854
bumming1860
bust-out1861
bum1863
booze1864
drink1865
ran-tan1866
cupping1868
crawl1877
hellbender1877
break-away1885
periodical1886
jag1894
booze-up1897
slopping-up1899
souse1903
pub crawl1915
blind1917
beer-up1919
periodic1920
scoot1924
brannigan1927
rumba1934
boozeroo1943
sesh1943
session1943
piss-up1950
pink-eye1958
binge drinking1964
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > alcoholic or addicted to drinking
drunkensomea1300
drunkelew1362
drunksomec1475
drunken1548
boozing1569
boozy1592
bousy1592
moisty1593
unsober1611
upsy-friesy1617
moist1619
sottish1632
swilling1633
bibacious1663
intemperate1680
swill-bellied1680
swill-down1693
wet1699
potative1737
compotatory1817
alcoholic1845
drinking1856
bibulous1861
on the drink1865
1865 Reader No. 148. 495/1 He has been out on the drink.
1887 H. R. Haggard Jess ii. 16 Her brute of a husband was away on the drink and gamble.
1894 R. S. Ferguson Charters Carlisle xxx There was a great drink in Carlisle that night.
5.
a. A draught or portion of liquid; spec. a glass of wine or other alcoholic liquor.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of
strong drink?1490
drink1535
whiff1605
tip1612
wet1719
swilla1731
booze1732
slug1756
whitter1786
intoxication1799
O (or oh) be joyful1823
sneezer1823
north-wester1830
drain1836
damp1837
smile1839
snifter1844
liquor1860
rosiner1871
tiddlywink1880
bevvy1889
gargle1889
snort1889
jolt1904
smahan1914
tincture1914
taste1919
piss1925
drinkie1947
smash1959
shant1960
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) x. 42 Swa hwylc swa sylþ anne drinc cealdes wæteres.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 289 As me hym [Edward the Martyr] drynke toc.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 29 A well to þe whilk Moyses ledd þam and gafe þam a drynk þeroff.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lix. 3 Thou hast geuen vs a drynke off wyne.
1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Scots Mag. Sept. 450/2 He..wanted a drink very much.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xiii. 258 Can any good Christian give me a drink of milk?
1888 ‘W. Châteauclair’ Young Seigneur 154 He was rich, for had he not paid the drinks?
b. A medicinal potion or draught.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > medicinal potion or draught > [noun]
drenchc1000
drink1362
supping medicinea1400
poisonc1400
potionc1400
potationa1475
draught1631
potent1902
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 261 Leches..don men dyȝen þoruȝ heor drinke er destenye wolde.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 74 Þis is a perfiȝt drynke to woundes of þe heed.
c1500 Melusine (1895) xxxvi. 247 A lectuary or drynk wherof ye shal be poysonned.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. i. 14 Wee will giue you sleepie Drinkes . View more context for this quotation
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cccxxv. 601 The decoction therof in Wine, is an exceeding good Wound-drink.
1884 Law Times 310/2 One of the defendant's men came back with two drinks for the calf.
figurative.1400–50 Alexander 1106 Þou sall be drechid of a drinke, a draȝte of vnsele.
6. colloquial (originally U.S.). A river or body of water. big drink n. the Mississippi; the Atlantic; the sea. Always preceded by the.
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the world > the earth > water > body of water > [noun]
watereOE
freshlOE
openc1485
strand1513
shard1590
water body1723
drink1832
lane1835
swim1880
nappe1887
dead zone1971
1832 J. K. Paulding Westward Ho! I. 121 Sing dumb, or I'll throw you into the drink.
1844 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 24 Mar. 2/2 There never would have been any Atlantic ocean if it hadn't been for the Mississippi, nor never will be after we've turned the waters of that big drink into the Mammoth Cave!
1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xxxiii. 396 ‘He'd spill 'em in the drink:’ whereby the Capting metaphorically said he'd throw them in the river.
1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xii. 137 So you'd better scull your dug-out over the drink again.
a1860 N.Y. Spirit of Times in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) at Big Off I sot, went through Mississippi, crossed the big drink.
1873 Roots (1888) 47 If you don't sit steady, we shall be spilt into the drink.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. iv. 79 I was coming across the Big Drink as fast as a Cunard could bring me.
1884 Illustr. London News 1 Nov. 410/2 Many of the Transatlantics will doubtless take a journey across what they call ‘the big drink’ to hear her.
1941 New Statesman 30 Aug. 218/3 The Drink, the sea.
1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path i. 102 Down 'e goes into the drink turning and twisting.
1944 Penguin New Writing 20 130 A British pilot was being pulled out of the drink.
1960 L. Meynell Bandaberry xiv. 183 [He] had fished us out of the drink just, and only just, in time.
†7. Barley; cf. drink-corn n. at Compounds 2. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley > barley plant
barley1303
barley-corn1382
drink1580
drink-corn1669
1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 32/1 Where drinke ye sowe, good tilth bestowe.
1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 19v Where barlie did growe, laie wheat to sowe. Yet better I thinke, sowe pease, after drinke.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 3).
a.
(a) Simple attributive.
drink-bill n.
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1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 13 Sept. The drink-bill of Tennessee is $2,000,000 more than the wheat-crop.
drink-crave n.
drink-craving n.
drink-demon n.
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1896 Tablet 1 Feb. 171 The drink-demon in possession of a young wife.
drink-duty n.
drink-evil n.
drink-habit n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > addiction to alcohol or habitual drinking
intemperancy1586
intemperance1617
bibacity1623
dipsomania1843
bibulousness1844
alcoholism1848
potomania1858
inebriacy1876
alcohol problem1879
drink-habit1890
alcohol abuse1891
toperism1896
oenomania1897
drinking-habit1899
bibulosity1901
drinking problem1957
substance abuse1967
1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxviii. 685 The drink-habit is only a symptom of their disease.
1960 H. Edwards Spirit Healing xi. 92 The drink habit passed away.
drink-interest n.
drink-licence n.
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1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 July 2/2 Grocers' drink licences.
drink-party n.
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1963 L. Meynell Virgin Luck vi. 156 Who were all those people at the drink party?
drink-table n.
ΚΠ
1967 L. Meynell Mauve Front Door xv. 214 The dramatist sends one of his characters to the always lavishly well-stocked drink table.
drink-time n.
ΚΠ
1961 R. Jeffries Evidence of Accused v. 55 They had arrived at drink-time.
drink-traffic n.
ΚΠ
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 July 2/3 His attitude towards the drink traffic.
drink-tray n.
ΚΠ
1964 E. Bowen Little Girls iii. vii. 237 He had removed the tea tray, brought in the drink tray.
(b) Used for the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquors.
drink-house n.
ΚΠ
1883 M. Davitt in Contemp. Rev. Aug. 178 The low drinkhouse and the brothel.
drink-room n.
drink-shop n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling liquor
wine-shopc950
wine-storec950
vintry1297
pulqueria1822
bottle store1829
rummery1835
bottle shop1839
beer-shop1848
drink-shop1883
off-licence1891
beer-off1939
outdoor department1958
offie1977
1883 Miss Howard Guenn 15 Through the glass door of a drink-shop came an orange glow.
drink-stall n.
(c) Also with plural of sense 5a.
drinks party n.
ΚΠ
1962 E. Salter Voice of Peacock xii. 127 A funeral party and a drinks party on the agenda.
1970 C. Wood Terrible Hard iii. 36 Perhaps they shouldn't have given that drinks party so soon.
drinks table n.
ΚΠ
1966 J. B. Priestley Salt is Leaving vi. 70 Alan..followed her to the drinks table.
1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird ix. 119 Johnson moved across to the drinks table, and..began to pour three neat doubles.
drinks time n.
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1966 Observer 13 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 40/2 The Cocktail Hour, commonly known as drinks time, is a mysterious 6–8 p.m. limbo.
drinks tray n.
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1966 Listener 24 Nov. 763/3 A middle-aged couple ensconced in a lovely home: the drinks tray, stage left, in constant use.
drinks trolley n.
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1963 Harper's Bazaar Feb. 15/1 Coiled mats of silver plate on copper..look good on the drinks trolley.
b. Objective.
(a)
drink-conveyer n.
ΚΠ
1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 57 Your self (reply'd the Drink-conveigher) May be my Ruin.
drink-giver n.
drink-maker n.
drink-seller n.
ΚΠ
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Feb. 2/1 We might reasonably have objected to the drinkseller voting.
(b)
drink-inspiring adj.
drink-prohibiting adj.
c. Instrumental.
drink-blinded adj.
ΚΠ
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Oct. 2/1 Murderous attacks..at a moment of drink-blinded fury.
drink-closed adj.
ΚΠ
1638–48 G. Daniel Eclog. iii. 162 Hardly to hope That Eye (drinke-closed still) can ever ope.
drink-sodden adj.
ΚΠ
1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. ii. vii. 243 The disorganised, sweated, hopeless, drink-sodden denizens of darkest England.
1904 H. G. Wells Food of Gods iii. iii. 240 The drink-sodden wretchedness of the painted women at the corner.
drink-washed adj.
C2. Special combinations.
† drink-corn n. Obsolete the grain used in brewing, barley.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley > barley plant
barley1303
barley-corn1382
drink1580
drink-corn1669
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 15 The Open [Country]..yields us the greater part of our Drink-Corn.
drink-drowned adj. intoxicated.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk
fordrunkenc897
drunkena1050
cup-shottenc1330
drunka1400
inebriate1497
overseenc1500
liquor1509
fou1535
nase?1536
full1554
intoxicate1554
tippled1564
intoxicated1576
pepst1577
overflown1579
whip-cat1582
pottical1586
cup-shota1593
fox-drunk1592
lion-drunk1592
nappy1592
sack-sopped1593
in drink1598
disguiseda1600
drink-drowned1600
daggeda1605
pot-shotten1604
tap-shackled1604
high1607
bumpsy1611
foxed1611
in one's cups1611
liquored1611
love-pot1611
pot-sick1611
whift1611
owl-eyed1613
fapa1616
hota1616
inebriated1615
reeling ripea1616
in one's (or the) pots1618
scratched1622
high-flown?1624
pot-shot1627
temulentive1628
ebrious1629
temulent1629
jug-bitten1630
pot-shaken1630
toxed1635
bene-bowsiea1637
swilled1637
paid1638
soaken1651
temulentious1652
flagonal1653
fuddled1656
cut1673
nazzy1673
concerned1678
whittled1694
suckey1699
well-oiled1701
tippeda1708
tow-row1709
wet1709
swash1711
strut1718
cocked1737
cockeyed1737
jagged1737
moon-eyed1737
rocky1737
soaked1737
soft1737
stewed1737
stiff1737
muckibus1756
groggy1770
muzzeda1788
muzzya1795
slewed1801
lumpy1810
lushy1811
pissed1812
blue1813
lush1819
malty1819
sprung1821
three sheets in the wind1821
obfuscated1822
moppy1823
ripe1823
mixed1825
queer1826
rosined1828
shot in the neck1830
tight1830
rummy1834
inebrious1837
mizzled1840
obflisticated1840
grogged1842
pickled1842
swizzled1843
hit under the wing1844
obfusticatedc1844
ebriate1847
pixilated1848
boozed1850
ploughed1853
squiffy?1855
buffy1858
elephant trunk1859
scammered1859
gassed1863
fly-blown1864
rotten1864
shot1864
ebriose1871
shicker1872
parlatic1877
miraculous1879
under the influence1879
ginned1881
shickered1883
boiled1886
mosy1887
to be loaded for bear(s)1888
squiffeda1890
loaded1890
oversparred1890
sozzled1892
tanked1893
orey-eyed1895
up the (also a) pole1897
woozy1897
toxic1899
polluted1900
lit-up1902
on (also upon) one's ear1903
pie-eyed1903
pifflicated1905
piped1906
spiflicated1906
jingled1908
skimished1908
tin hat1909
canned1910
pipped1911
lit1912
peloothered1914
molo1916
shick1916
zigzag1916
blotto1917
oiled-up1918
stung1919
stunned1919
bottled1922
potted1922
rotto1922
puggled1923
puggle1925
fried1926
crocked1927
fluthered1927
lubricated1927
whiffled1927
liquefied1928
steamed1929
mirackc1930
overshot1931
swacked1932
looped1934
stocious1937
whistled1938
sauced1939
mashed1942
plonked1943
stone1945
juiced1946
buzzed1952
jazzed1955
schnockered1955
honkers1957
skunked1958
bombed1959
zonked1959
bevvied1960
mokus1960
snockered1961
plotzed1962
over the limit1966
the worse for wear1966
wasted1968
wired1970
zoned1971
blasted1972
Brahms and Liszt?1972
funked up1976
trousered1977
motherless1980
tired and emotional1981
ratted1982
rat-arsed1984
wazzed1990
mullered1993
twatted1993
bollocksed1994
lashed1996
1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood xxii. 28 When signeur Sacke and Suger drinke-drown'd reeles.
drink-offering n. an offering of wine or other liquid poured out in honour of a deity, a libation.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of libations
libation1382
fleeting sacrifices1398
drink-offering1535
libament1582
libature1632
minne-drinking1880
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xxxv. C Iacob set vp a piler of stone..& poured drynkofferynges theron.
drink-offerer n.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of libations > one who performs
drink-offerer1824
libationer1920
1824 J. Symmons tr. Æschylus Agamemnon 9 In vain..the drink-off'rers sacrifice.
drink-penny n. = drink-money n.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > tip > to be spent on drink
drink-silver1467
drinking-money1490
drink-penny1593
drink-money1691
pourboire1788
1593 J. Dee 21 May in Private Diary (1842) 45 I gave him a saffron noble in ernest for a drink peny.
drink problem n. = drinking problem n. at drinking n. Compounds 3; see problem n. 3c.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > a difficulty > specific personal problem
woman trouble1889
clientitis1938
drink problem1977
trouble1981
1977 Grimsby Evening Tel. 24 May 7/1 [He] told the court he had a drink problem and asked to be given a chance.

Draft additions October 2009

colloquial and humorous (originally U.S.) long (also tall) drink of water and variants: a tall, slim, long-limbed person.In early use chiefly mildly derogatory, suggesting a lack of strength, vitality, distinctive character, etc. Later also used appreciatively, esp. in the form long cool drink of water.
ΚΠ
1913 Technol. Rev. Nov. 670 Harry Waterfall, that long drink of water, built much like the ‘sec.’, has left the employ of the Wm. Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company.
1920 R. W. Ritchie Trails to Two Moons 183 A-Long-Drink-of-Water, the town denominated this pale, rather sickly young man.
1939 D. Stote Men too wear Clothes iii. 39 A vest with long-ish ends with the points rather wide apart will make a broad line that helps to take away that long-drink-of-water suggestion.
1963 Billboard 14 Sept. 13/2 Ruth Gillis, a tall drink of water with an excellent voice and delivery, is also a delight.
1983 P. Gzowski Unbroken Line iv. 214 The horseman in charge at Fox Run was..a long, cool drink of water.
1996 C. Brookmyre Quite Ugly One Morning viii. 48 Miserable-looking sod called McGregor and a big drink of water named Gow.
2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 27 Mar. d7/2 In build, he's a long drink of water.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

drinkv.1

Brit. /drɪŋk/, U.S. /drɪŋk/
Inflections: Past tense drank /dræŋk/; past participle drunk /drʌŋk/;
Forms: 1. Present stem.

α. early Old English dricen (Mercian, plural subjunctive, probably transmission error), Old English drican (probably transmission error), Old English drice (singular subjunctive, probably transmission error), Old English drincan, Old English drinccan (rare), Old English drincgan (rare), Old English drincheð (Northumbrian, 3rd singular indicative), Old English dringa (Northumbrian), Old English dringcan (rare), Old English dringþ (3rd singular indicative), Old English drinkan (rare), Old English drinncan (rare), Old English drunendum (present participle, dative plural, transmission error), Old English dryncan, Old English dryngan (rare), Old English ðrinca (Northumbrian), early Middle English drenke, early Middle English drincce, early Middle English drince, early Middle English drinche, early Middle English drinnkenn ( Ormulum), early Middle English drynce (in prefixed forms), Middle English drinc, Middle English dringe, Middle English dringke, Middle English dryng, Middle English dryngke, Middle English drynkke, Middle English–1500s drynck, Middle English–1600s drincke, Middle English–1600s drynk, Middle English–1600s drynke, Middle English–1700s (1800s nonstandard) drinke, Middle English– drink, 1500s dryncke, 1500s–1700s (1800s nonstandard) drinck; English regional 1800s dhrink (Lancashire), 1800s dreyngk (Yorkshire); also Scottish pre-1700 drinke, pre-1700 1800s drynk, 1800s drenk.

β. English regional 1800s drunk (Yorkshire).

γ. U.S. regional 1900s– drank (Midland).

2. Past tense. a. Strong. (i). Originally 1st and 3rd singular indicative.

α. Old English drangc (in prefixed forms), Old English (in prefixed forms)–early Middle English drang, Old English–Middle English dranc, early Middle English drannc ( Ormulum), Middle English drangke, Middle English–1600s dranck, Middle English–1600s dranke, Middle English– drank; English regional 1800s drenk (Yorkshire); Scottish pre-1700 drang, pre-1700 dranke, pre-1700 1700s– drank.

β. Old English (Middle English chiefly south-west midlands and south-western) dronc, Middle English drong (south-west midlands and south-western), Middle English (south-west midlands and south-western before the 15th cent.)–1500s dronk, 1500s droncke, 1500s dronke; English regional 1800s dronk (Cumberland).

γ. early Middle English drak (perhaps transmission error); English regional (Northumberland) 1800s drak, 1800s druck.

δ. 1500s–1600s drunke, 1500s–1700s (1800s– regional and nonstandard) drunk.

ε. U.S. regional 1900s– dranken.

ζ. U.S. regional 1900s– drinken.

η. U.S. regional 1900s– drink.

(ii). Plural.

α. Old English drucon (probably transmission error), Old English drunccon (Northumbrian), Old English druncon, Old English druncun, Old English–Middle English druncan, early Middle English drunnkenn ( Ormulum), Middle English drounken, Middle English drunke, Middle English drunken.

β. Middle English drongken, Middle English drongone, Middle English dronk, Middle English dronke, Middle English dronken.

b. Weak.

α. Old English drincte (rare), Old English dryncte (Mercian, rare), 1500s drinked; English regional (south-western) 1800s drink'd, 1800s drinked; North American and U.S. regional 1700s drinkd, 1800s– drinked.

β. North American and U.S. regional 1700s–1800s drunked.

γ. English regional 1800s drenked (Berkshire); U.S. regional 1900s– dranked.

δ. U.S. regional 1900s– drinkened.

3. Past participle. a. Strong.

α. Old English drucen (probably transmission error), Old English druncen, Old English druncenn- (Mercian, inflected form), Old English druncn- (inflected form), Old English druncon (in prefixed forms, not ge-), Old English druncyn, Old English gedruncan, Old English gedruncen, Old English gidruncen (Northumbrian), Old English ðruncn- (Northumbrian, inflected form), early Middle English druncan (in prefixed forms, not ȝe-), early Middle English drunnkenn ( Ormulum), early Middle English ȝedrucan (probably transmission error), early Middle English ȝedruncan, Middle English druncken, Middle English drunkin, Middle English drunkine, Middle English drunkon, Middle English drunkun, Middle English drunkyn, Middle English idrunken, Middle English–1700s 1800s (regional)– drunken; English regional 1800s dhrunken (Yorkshire); Scottish pre-1700 drounkyn, pre-1700 drunken, pre-1700 drunkin, pre-1700 drunkyn, pre-1700 drunkyne.

β. Middle English dronckyn, Middle English dronkin, Middle English dronkken, Middle English dronkun, Middle English dronkyn, Middle English dronkyne, Middle English idronken, Middle English ydronken, Middle English–1600s dronken; Scottish pre-1700 dronkin, pre-1700 dronkyn, pre-1700 dronkyne.

γ. Middle English drownk, Middle English druncke, Middle English idrunke, Middle English ydrunke, Middle English–1600s drunke, Middle English– drunk.

δ. Middle English drong, Middle English drongke, Middle English dronk, Middle English idronke, Middle English ydronk, Middle English ydronke, Middle English–1500s dronke, 1500s droncke, 1500s droonke.

ε. Scottish pre-1700 drokin, pre-1700 drukin, pre-1700 drukkin, pre-1700 1800s druken, pre-1700 1800s drukken, pre-1700 1800s– drucken; English regional (northern) 1800s droughen (Yorkshire), 1800s drucken, 1800s druckin, 1800s druken, 1800s drukken, 1800s drukk'n, 1800s dthrucken (Yorkshire).

ζ. 1600s–1700s dranke, 1700s– drank (regional and nonstandard).

η. U.S. regional 1900s– dranken.

θ. U.S. regional 1900s– drink.

ι. U.S. regional 1900s– drinken.

b. Weak.

α. 1600s drinked; English regional (south-western) 1800s drink'd, 1800s drinked; U.S. regional 1800s drinked.

β. U.S. regional 1900s– drunked.

γ. U.S. regional 1900s– dranked.

δ. U.S. regional 1900s– drinkened.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian drinka (West Frisian drinke ), Old Dutch drinkan (Middle Dutch, Dutch drinken ), Old Saxon drinkan (Middle Low German drinken ), Old High German trinkan (Middle High German, German trinken ), Old Icelandic drekka , Old Swedish drikka (Swedish dricka ), Old Danish drickæ (Danish drikke ), Gothic drigkan ; further etymology unknown. Compare drench v.Inflection. In Old English a strong verb of Class III. Forms. In Forms 3aε. after early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic drukkinn , past participle of drekka ), perhaps originally in adjectival use (compare drunken adj.). Compare also Forms 2a(i)γ. , which show either direct influence from Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic drakk , past tense singular of drekka ) or (in the case of modern regional forms) influence of the n -less forms of the past participle. (Earlier forms without -n- , like Old English drucen , are of different origin and chiefly transmission errors due to omission of the nasal abbreviation mark.) Early prefixed forms. In Old English the prefixed form gedrincan to drink, to swallow, to consume, to drown (compare y- prefix) is also attested; compare also adrincan adrink v., bedrincan to drink up, to absorb (compare be- prefix), fordrincan to drink excessively (reflexive and passive; compare for- prefix1 and fordrunken adj.), indrincan , element-by-element glosses of Latin imbibere to imbibe and inebriare to make drunk (compare in- prefix1 and indrunk adj.), oferdrincan overdrink v., and ondrincan to drink, to imbibe (compare on- prefix).
I. Transitive senses.
1.
a. To take (liquid) into the stomach; to swallow down, imbibe, quaff.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)]
drinkc1000
bite?c1225
touchc1384
supc1400
neck?1518
exhaust1555
lug1577
pipe?1578
to suck at1584
slup1598
reswill1614
imbibe1621
tug1698
absorb1821
tipple1824
inhaust1848
down1869
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) i. 15 He ne drincð win ne beor.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2895 Ȝe scullen drinken eowre blod.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 318 He no may..Rest, no take slepeinge, Mete ete, no drinke dringe.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. vii. 91 Yf bulles blode be dronken rawe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12679 He dranc [Fairf. drank, Trin. Cambr. dronk] neuer cisar ne wine.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6354 Suetter [water] neuer þai siþen drank.
c1460 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Laud) l. 17708 They fille as they had dronckyn dwale.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. i. 83 In olde tyme women dranke no wyn.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 75 Mida..was sleyne þro the bloode of a bulle ydrunke.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cviij To tel you..what wyne was dronke in houses.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 116 Such a Cup of Wine as ye neuer dranke before.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ii. 6 Wormwood..drunken with vineger is good.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 6 I ne're drank sacke in my life. View more context for this quotation
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 268 Common Water or Whey, drank in cool Air.
1759 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 8) 87 It should be drunk with the finest Sugar.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. App. iii. 521 Three hundred and sixty-five hogsheads of beer were drank at it.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 30 They..drank the running waters.
1865 A. C. Swinburne Triumph of Time in Poems & Ballads 26 I trod the grapes, I have drunken the wine.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. i. 9 Which I have drunk with my parishioners.
b. spec. to drink the waters: i.e. at a spa medicinally.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > practise hydropathy [verb (intransitive)] > frequent or visit spas > drink medicinal waters
to drink the watersc1681
c1681 Viscountess Campden in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 56 My sister..was troubled with malincoly, so went to drinke Astrope watter.
1713 London Gaz. No. 5130/9 The Elector intends..to drink the Waters at Pirmond.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 699 Annandale..retired to Bath, and pretended to drink the waters.
c. transferred and figurative in general; cf. also 3, 4.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > assimilate ideas
drinka1400
imbibe1555
to eat up1573
devour1581
assimilatea1631
to suck ina1640
absorb1840
a1400 [see sense 6].
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 59 Drie sorrow drinkes our bloud. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 104 I drinke the aire before me. View more context for this quotation
1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xi. 211 While his keen Faulchion drinks the Warriors Lives.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. ii. 53 When the dim air Has drank this innocent flame.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 202 Giving the heart to drink..draughts of perfect sweet.
1850 B. Taylor Eldorado (1862) i. 4 I drank in the land-wind..with an enjoyment verging on intoxication.
2.
a. With off, out (now dialect), up, expressing exhaustion of the liquid; so also to drink dry.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink up or off
swap?1507
swingea1529
drink1535
uphalec1540
toss1568
trill off?1589
snapa1592
to toss offa1592
to turn down1593
to top off1598
drain1604
to take off1613
outdrinka1631
whip1639
swoop1648
epote1657
to fetch off1657
ebibe1689
fetch1691
to tip off1699
to sweep off1707
tip1784
to turn over1796
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xl. 23 Without eny laboure might he drynke out the whole floude.
1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 199 Drinke up all, Seeing there is but a litle left.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. i. 94 This distilled Liquor drinke thou off. View more context for this quotation
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 146 The taske he vndertakes, Is numbring sands, and drinking Oceans drie. View more context for this quotation
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xvii. 112 My Chocolatte, which I drunke off heartily.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 140 We drank on, and drank the Punch out.
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 581 He that sips often, at last drinks it up.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xi. 237 A' Saunders's gin..was drucken out at the burial o' Steenie.
b. transferred and figurative.
ΚΠ
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 986 (1035) Pete..goodli drinkyþ vp al his distresse.
1644 O. Cromwell Let. Col. Walton 5 July in Carlyle Let this drink up your sorrow.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. iii. 102 Consumption..drank Her marrow up.
3. transferred. Of porous substances, plants, etc. To absorb (moisture); to suck. Often with up or in.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > action or process of absorbing > absorb [verb (transitive)] > of porous substances, plants, etc.
drink1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 529/2 I drinke, as the yerthe dothe water, or as blottyng paper dothe ynke.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 7 If the Aqua vite is dronke in of the herbes.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 82 Like barren ground, drinking up the raine.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 123 Let the purple Vi'lets drink the Stream. View more context for this quotation
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §190 Plaster of Paris..would then drink up linseed oil plentifully.
1858 A. W. Drayson Sporting Scenes S. Afr. 238 The soil that had drunk the blood of his warriors.
4. figurative esp., with in: To take into the mind, esp. by the eyes or ears, with the eager delight of one who satisfies physical thirst; to listen to, gaze upon, or contemplate with rapture.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > transport with rapture or ecstasy [verb (transitive)] > contemplate with rapture
drink1597
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 100 My eares haue not yet drunk a hundred words Of that tongues vtterance. View more context for this quotation
1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 12 in Poems They sing..And with fixt eyes drink in immortal rayes.
a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 18 I drank in his Words with Desire.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany vii. 96 I stopped for a while to drink in the beauty of the scene.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 11 Your level path that let me drink the morning deep and slow.
†5. To draw in or inhale (tobacco smoke, etc.); to smoke. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > use as material for smoking [verb (transitive)] > inhale
takec1175
drink1601
drawa1774
pull1837
drag1919
inhale1933
1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iii. ii. sig. G2 The most diuine Tabacco as euer I drunke . View more context for this quotation
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. i. 820 Their Lords and Priests consult of warres, after they have drunke the smoke of a certain herbe.
1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. 97 He was drinking a pipe of Tobacco.
1781 T. Pennant Tour in Wales (1783) II. 28 The first who smoked, or, (as they called it) drank tobacco publickly in London.
1855 Spencer Turkey, Russia, &c. xix. 278 According to the idiom of their language, they [Tatars] do not smoke the fragrant herb, but drink it.]
6. To swallow down the contents of (a cup or vessel). Also with off, up, indicating completeness, and figurative. to drink the cup, or chalice, of joy, sorrow, suffering, etc.: see cup n. 9, chalice n. 1b.
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xi. 26 How ofte euere ȝe schulen..drynke the cuppe, ȝe schulen schewe the deeth of the Lord.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15681 I wat wel þat i sal it drinc [Gött. drinck, Fairf. drink, Trin. Cambr. drynke] þis calice [Trin. Cambr. þis deþ].
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 97 Put off his Turbant, and drunke the cup off.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 49. ⁋10 He had..drank many a flaggon.
1816 J. Wilson City of Plague iii. ii I drank the cup of joy.
7. To swallow down (something solid) in a liquid. to drink candle-ends: see candle-end n. 1b.
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1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 278 A little of it [earth] drunke in any Liquor.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 88 A wasp..may fall in [a pot] to be drank by one, whom he shall sting to death.
8. To consume or spend in drinking (money, etc.). Also with away, up.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > waste time or money in drink
drink1492
tipplea1625
wine?1624
to knock down1852
soak1903
1492 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. I. 62 (Jam. Supp.) He sall pay for ilk defalt vj [pennies?]..to be drukken be the dusane.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxviiv If another gyue them ought of pyte At the next alestake dronken shall it be.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 220 Spignola bestowed of them..forty thousand gilders to drinke.
1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 31 Drink their Estates away, and Senses too.
1765 S. Foote Commissary i. 5 I hope you'll tip me the tester to drink.
1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xliii. 365 It's likely pap's..got it [sc. money] all away from Judge Thatcher and drunk it up.
a1897 Mod. He drinks his whole earnings.
1964 Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads 123 Between them they drank every cent.
9. colloquial. To provide with drink.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)]
birleOE
drenchc1000
shenchOE
adrenchc1275
to drink to1297
tap1401
skinkc1405
propinec1450
brince?1567
liquor1575
to do right1600
dram1770
butler1826
jerk1868
to set up1880
drink1883
bartend1948
to break out1962
1883 E. F. Knight Cruise of ‘Falcon’ I. ix. 143 He could not feed us, only lodge and drink us.
II. Absolute and intransitive senses.
10. absol.
a. To swallow down or imbibe water or other liquid, for nourishment or quenching of thirst. Const. †in, from, out of (the vessel).
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)]
drinkc1000
to wet (one's) whistle, weasand, mouth, beak, beardc1386
bumc1390
to wet (erron. whet) one's whistlec1405
tipple1648
to suck one's face1699
to moisten or wet one's clay1708
to water one's clay1751
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 26 We æton & druncon beforan þe.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 37 Bituewene mel þe drinke wule segge benedicite.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 281 Til I haue dyned bi þis day and ydronke bothe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3551 He ete and dranc [Trin. Cambr. dronke] and went his wai.
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 130 And eton and drongon and made hem blythe.
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) viii. 31 The kynge of Fryse had nothre eten nor dronken.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 152 I am a rogue if I drunke to day. View more context for this quotation
?1602 Narcissus (MS Bodl. Rawl. poet. 212) (1893) 248 They can but bringe horse to the water brinke, But horse may choose whether that horse will drinke.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 67 The Wine bottles and flat cups we drunke in, were of pure Gold.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 93 Such little Glasses as we drink out of.
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 466 Thou fountain at which drink the good and wise.
1876 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VI. lxvii. 214 Having sufficiently eaten and drunken.
b. to drink deep: to take a large draught, either once or habitually; see also 10c, 11.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)]
to drink deepa1300
bousec1300
bibc1400
to drink drunk1474
quaff1520
to set cock on the hoopa1535
boll1535
quass1549
tipple1560
swillc1563
carouse1567
guzzle1579
fuddle1588
overdrink1603
to drink the three outs1622
to bouse it1623
sota1639
drifflec1645
to drink like a fisha1653
tope1668
soak1687
to play at swig1688
to soak one's clay (or face)1704
impote1721
rosin1730
dram1740
booze1768
to suck (also sup) the monkey1785
swattle1785
lush1811
to lift up the little finger1812
to lift one's (or the) elbow1823
to crook one's elbow or little finger1825
jollify1830
to bowse up the jib1836
swizzle1847
peg1874
to hit the booze, bottle, jug, pot1889
to tank up1902
sozzle1937
to belt the bottle1941
indulge1953
a1300 Sat. People Kildare xx, in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 156 Men..þat..drinkiþ dep and makiþ glade.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 145 Eremytes, That..drynke drue and deepe.
1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 14 Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. vii. 88 ‘Pledge me, my guests.’ He drank deep, and went on.
c. Const. of (rarely †upon) the liquid or source of supply. literal and figurative. to drink of the cup of sorrow, etc.: see cup n. 9.
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c1000 Ælfric Genesis ix. 21 Þa he dranc of ðam wine, ða wearþ he druncen.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 111 He dranc of deðes flode.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 15241 Drinkeþ [Vesp. drinckes] alle of þis he seide.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos 4 I suppose he hath dronken of Elycons well.
1548 Order of Communion sig. A.iv To geue vs his said bodye & bloude..to fede and drynke vpon.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 584 Lethe..whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets. View more context for this quotation
1751 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) ii. 7 Drink as deep as you can of these divine springs.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket i. iv. 75 Ye have eaten of my dish and drunken of my cup for a dozen years.
d. Proverb. one must drink as one brews.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2848 Suilk as þai breu nou haue þai drunke [Vesp. dronken].
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 147 Bot we must drynk as we brew, And that is bot reson.
1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xx. 64 Ȝit man thou stand content And drynk þat thou hes brewit.
a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 114 She drinketh of her owne brewing.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. xiii. 10) Antichrist shall one day..drink as he brewed, be paid in his own coin. [See also brew v. 1d.].
e. to drink up, to finish one's drink. (Cf. sense 2.)
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > finish drink
to drink up1919
1919 C. Mackenzie Early Life Sylvia Scarlett i. v. 158 Drink up and have another.
1927 E. Hemingway Fiesta xiii. 150 Drink up, Harris.
1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock vii. ix. 347 Drink up. We'd better get on with the good work.
1949 ‘N. Blake’ Head of Traveller ii. 40 Well, drink up, Jack, and we'll make a four-hand.
11.
a. To take alcoholic or intoxicating liquor, either convivially, or to gratify appetite; to indulge therein to excess; to tipple; spec. to be a habitual drunkard. (The sense is often indicated contextually by adverbs or phrases such as about, deep, hard, heavily, like a fish.) Also to drink it.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink habitually
drinka1275
to blow (in) a bowlc1500
use1600
a1275 Prov. Ælfred 476 in Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 131 Werse þe swo on euen yuele haued y-dronken.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 51 Ich ne ssel by an eyse al-huet ich habbe ydronke.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 132/1 Drynkyn a-bowte..epoto.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vi. 130 He dranke so moche that he was veray dronke.
1568 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 254 The feind me ryfe, Gif I do ocht bot drynk and swyfe.
1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley iv. sig. G4 I haue bin drinking hard.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 242 They sit long and drink soundly.
1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker iv. sig. H2v Give me the bottle, I can drink like a Fish now, like an Elephant.
1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair ii. i. 14 Drink like a Fish, and swear like a Devil.
1733 A. Pope Of Use of Riches 19 His son..Who drinks, whores, fights, and in a duel dies.
1802 C. Wilmot Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 24 Not forgetting I was not at Home, and consequently drinking like a Fish.
1837 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 4 492 I'll coach it, and dine it, and drink it till morn.
1837 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 56 He's the..drinker that verily ‘drinks like a fish!’
1848 W. M. Thackeray Lett. 28 July We went to a barrack room, where we drank about.
1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot vii A woman who drank like a fish and swore like a trooper.
1897 N.E.D. at Drink Mod. Poor woman! her husband drinks.
b. to drink and drive, to drive or attempt to drive a motor vehicle after taking an alcoholic drink or drinks (and while one's driving may be impaired by the after-effects of this). (Frequently as a road-safety slogan Don't drink and drive.)
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink and drive
to drink and drive1944
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > in specific circumstances
to drink and drive1944
night-drive1956
stunt-drive1966
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [phrase] > not drink and drive
Don't drink and drive1976
1944 Cases Supreme Court Florida 154 548 A resume of the evidence here would serve no useful purpose unless it might emphasize the tragic consequences resulting from the act of those who drink and drive.
1960 Newsweek 14 Mar. 88/3 (heading) If you drink and drive.
1976 South Notts Echo 16 Dec. 5/6 I just hope people will take notice of the warnings and do not drink and drive.
1984 Guardian 27 Dec. 2/7 The current Stay Low campaign..has been widely criticised for failing to push the traditional ‘Don't drink and drive’ message.
12. Hence transitive and reflexive, with various complements, indicating the result of drinking:
a. reflexive. to drink oneself drunk, to drink oneself sleepy, to drink oneself tame, to drink oneself to death, to drink oneself into incoherence, to drink oneself into spirit, to drink oneself out of a situation, etc.
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1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 297 The Country-people set little vessels of wine..where-vnto the vipers comming, easily drinke the[m]selues tame.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 160 The Gentleman had drunke himselfe out of his fiue sentences. View more context for this quotation
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 97 By persuading him to drink himself drunk.
1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III lxvi. 36 A genius who has drunk himself to death.
1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 384 He..drank himself diurnally into incoherence.
1879 London Society Christmas No. 71/2 He drank himself out of one situation after another.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. i. 5 Till he had drunk himself sleepy.
†b. elliptical. intransitive. to drink drunk (obsolete).
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)]
to drink deepa1300
bousec1300
bibc1400
to drink drunk1474
quaff1520
to set cock on the hoopa1535
boll1535
quass1549
tipple1560
swillc1563
carouse1567
guzzle1579
fuddle1588
overdrink1603
to drink the three outs1622
to bouse it1623
sota1639
drifflec1645
to drink like a fisha1653
tope1668
soak1687
to play at swig1688
to soak one's clay (or face)1704
impote1721
rosin1730
dram1740
booze1768
to suck (also sup) the monkey1785
swattle1785
lush1811
to lift up the little finger1812
to lift one's (or the) elbow1823
to crook one's elbow or little finger1825
jollify1830
to bowse up the jib1836
swizzle1847
peg1874
to hit the booze, bottle, jug, pot1889
to tank up1902
sozzle1937
to belt the bottle1941
indulge1953
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vi. 130 And not lyue to ete glotonsly & for to drynke dronke.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xi. xiv. 1069 Kept my soldiours from drinking drunke.
1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. E3v Are you adicted to drink drunke?
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 403 They gourmandize, and drink drunk after their fashion.
c. transitive. to drink away one's reason, to drink away one's property; to drink down (i.e. quench or destroy by drinking). See also to drink one's eyes out at eye n.1 Phrases 4g.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 180 I hope we shall drinke downe all vnkindnesse. View more context for this quotation
1679 Essex's Excell. 8 They will..no more suffer themselves to be..drunk out of their reason.
1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 31 Drink their Estates away, and Senses too.
d. to drink (a person) out of or into some condition, etc.; to drink (a person) dead drunk, to drink down, to drink to bed, to drink under the table: said of the more seasoned toper, who sees his comrades succumb to the effect of their potations.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > insensibly drunk
dead drunk1599
to drink (a person) dead drunk1609
paralytic1843
sodden1850
paralysed1870
speechless1881
drunk and incapable1883
dead-oh1889
rumdum1891
passed-out1927
out to it1941
trashed1966
wiped1966
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk > make very or insensibly drunk
to drink (also put, see, etc.) someone under the tablea1636
locus1829
to sew up1829
to drink under the table1897
mickey-finn1957
1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. H2 He..will drink Downe a Dutchman.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 75 Why he drinkes you with facillity, your Dane dead drunke. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. v. 21 Ere the ninth houre, I drunke him to his bed. View more context for this quotation
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 437 These lads drink the Land out of quiet.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 198 One Earl, who had drank most of the rest down, and was not himself moved or alter'd.
1720 Humourist 161 Drinking a Man to Death.
1813 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 68 We having nearly drunk the landlord out of both his English and French wine.
1897 N.E.D. at Drink Mod. To drink a person under the table.
†e. to drink the sun up: to carouse through the night until sunrise. Also in other analogous uses.
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a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Poverty (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1730) I. 98 His best companions that have a thousand times drank up the sun with him.
1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires i. iii. 24 He drank the Night away Till rising Dawn.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 90 The musicians exhibit unequivocal symptoms of having drunk the new year in.
13. to drink to (a person):
†a. To hand or present beverage for his use; to give drink to. Obsolete. The cup presented was first sipped by the one who offered it.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [verb (transitive)]
birleOE
drenchc1000
shenchOE
adrenchc1275
to drink to1297
tap1401
skinkc1405
propinec1450
brince?1567
liquor1575
to do right1600
dram1770
butler1826
jerk1868
to set up1880
drink1883
bartend1948
to break out1962
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 289 Vorst ych wolle to þe drynke, and suþþe þou ssalt hym yse.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1660 He..dede him eten and to him dranc.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15262 And o mi drinc þar i sal Drinc to yow for yur mede.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. xxiv Thenne they lough and made good chere and eyther dranke to other frely.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 434 When by themselves, they drink about from one to another; but when any of us came among them, then they would always drink to one of us.
b. Hence, to salute (any one) by drinking; to invite him to drink by drinking first; to drink in his honour, wishing him health or success. Hence, in wider use, to drink in honour of (anything desired), with good wishes for its furtherance. Also elliptical with the person as object: to pledge, toast; and in indirect passive.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > pledge or toast
to drink to1530
pledge1546
brince?1567
brinks1568
carouse1583
dipa1657
toast1700
respect1708
bumper?1764
to look toward ——1833
propine1887
skol1935
ganbei1976
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 529/1 I drinke to you, je boys a vous.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 88 I drinke to th'generall ioy o'th' whole Table. View more context for this quotation
1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 186 The lord mayor was pleased to drink to Mr. North.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 13 May 41 The Gay drink for their success.
1787 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 56 We drank the man we were so much obliged to in a bumper.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. v. 189 Speaking when he is spoken to, drinking when he is drucken to.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 221 Drink we, last, the public fool.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 444 All who passed were invited to drink to the health of the new sovereign.
c. transitive in same sense; cf. carouse n. 2.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. ix. 34 We all would sup together, And drinke Carowses to the next dayes Fate. View more context for this quotation
a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) v. 94 The Emperour..drank a deep Carouse to the Queens Health.
14. transitive. to drink (a sentiment or toast): to honour it and express a desire for its accomplishment or success by drinking.
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a1400 Coer de L. 6746 To waraunt that I have i-doo, Wesseyl I schal drynk yow too.
1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood (1874) vii. 13 Drinke some braue health vpon the Dutch carouse.
1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 35 They drunk Damnation to Dr. Sacheverell.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. ii. 178 He was drinking her Ladyship's Health below in a Cup of..Ale. View more context for this quotation
1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iv. 93 ‘The King’, and ither loyal toasts..‘Our fleets’, and ‘a' our armed hosts’; Were drank aloud.
1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists v. 229 Drinking confusion to the Pretender.
15. intransitive. To have a specified flavour when drunk. [ < French se boire, reflexive for passive.]
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (intransitive)] > have a taste
smatchc1000
brykec1315
smack1398
smake14..
savourc1405
taragec1407
taste1552
relish1566
eat1607
drink1617
seasona1625
bite1713
1617 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse (new ed.) Epil. sig. I4v The wine..drunke too flat.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xi. 314 It drinks brisk and cool.
1758 J. Armstrong Sketches 70 The Burgundy drinks as flat as Port.
1967 C. Ray Compleat Imbiber IX. 66 A vintage which was (as the wine merchants say) ‘drinking very nicely now’.
1967 C. Ray Compleat Imbiber IX. 66 I sipped the wine, which drank like velvet.
1969 Guardian 23 May 9/3 Every one of these wines will drink well now: most of them will improve by keeping.
†16. figurative. To experience, endure, suffer, pay the penalty; to ‘taste the cup’ of suffering, etc. (see 6, 10c, and cup n. 9). transitive and absol. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)]
thave835
i-dreeeOE
tholec897
abeareOE
underbearc950
adreeOE
dreeOE
driveOE
i-tholeOE
throwOE
underfoc1000
bearOE
bidec1200
suffera1250
abidec1275
drinka1340
endure1340
underfong1382
receivec1384
abyea1393
sustain1398
finda1400
undergoa1400
get?c1430
underganga1470
ponder?a1525
a dog's lifea1528
tolerate1531
to stand to ——1540
to feel the weight of?1553
enjoy1577
carry1583
abrook1594
to stand under ——a1616
to fall a victim to1764
the mind > emotion > suffering > suffer mental pain [verb (transitive)]
thave835
i-dreeeOE
tholec897
underbearc950
adreeOE
dreeOE
driveOE
i-tholeOE
throwOE
underfoc1000
bearOE
takec1175
bidec1200
suffera1250
leadc1330
drinka1340
endure1340
wielda1375
underfong1382
receivec1384
sustain1398
finda1400
undergoa1400
underganga1470
ponder?a1525
tolerate1531
to go through ——1535
to feel the weight of?1553
enjoy1577
carry1583
abrook1594
society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment
shendc897
drinka1340
sufferc1380
to kiss the roda1586
to pay for——a1593
to give, get goss1840
to come in for it1841
to cop it1884
society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > submit to or receive punishment
underliec960
suffera1250
coupc1300
payc1384
get?a1513
drink1677
to take out1910
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter x. 7 Ilk dampned man sall drynk of the sorow of hell.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 556/1 I forgyve you for this tyme, but and you faute agayne you shall drinke for bothe.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iii. sig. B.ijv Ye will drinke without a cup.
1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 35 The dammage that side of the Country hath been made to drink thereby, is not easy to recount.

Compounds

The verb-stem used in combination.
drink-and-drive adj. of or pertaining to (the laws relating to) drink-driving.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > relating to drink-driving
drunk driving1937
drink-and-drive1967
drink-driving accident1967
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [adjective] > relating to drinking and driving
drunk driving1937
drink-and-drive1967
drink-driving accident1967
1967 Motor 18 Nov. 64/1 We have introduced two of the most controversial road safety measures... The first was the 70 m.p.h. speed limit. The second..is the new drink and drive law.
1985 Church Times 30 Aug. 8/3 The introduction of legislation to include imprisonment, as in Sweden, for drink-and-drive offences.
drink-drive adj. = drink-and-drive adj.
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1968 Punch 7 Feb. 179/1 A police surgeon..says there's been a sharp rise in sexual offences since the October drink-drive laws came in.
1973 N. Berks. Herald 28 June 9/7 Assaulting two policemen and failing to provide a specimen for a drink drive test.
1977 Belfast Tel. 22 Feb. 10/5 The..committee..urged..tougher action against..second drink-drive offenders.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† drinkv.2

Etymology: Aphetic < adrink v.
Obsolete.
To drown.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by drowning
adrenchOE
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drenchc1200
drowna1300
drenklea1325
drunka1375
stiflea1387
drinkc1425
overfleetc1425
bishop1840
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 3362 Hadde I than be dronken, And in the salt flod sonkyn.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 7 Ȝif þou fell in-to a depe pytt, & schuldyst be dronchyn.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 105 Too of þe kyngis sones..and many worthi folk..were dronch in o schip.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 85 Þei were dronchin in þe depe see.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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