verb transverb intrans
to swallow (a liquid), usu for refreshment or nourishment
to take in or absorb (something)
drinking air into his lungs
(+ in) to listen to and comprehend (something) avidly
to join in (a toast) by raising one's glass and drinking from it
to bring (oneself or something else) to a specified state by drinking alcohol
He drank himself into oblivion
She tried to drink her troubles away
to take liquid into the mouth and swallow it
to drink alcohol, esp habitually or to excess
In a few ill-chosen words she told the cook that she drank — Saki
(+ in) to take in or receive avidly
drink like a fish
to drink alcohol habitually to excess
drink to
to drink a toast to (somebody, a person's health, etc)
drinkable adj
[Old English drincan]