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Noun drinking has 2 senses
- drinking, imbibing, imbibition - the act of consuming liquids
--1 is a kind of consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
--1 has particulars: gulping, swilling, guzzling; potation
- drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence - the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"
--2 is a kind of intemperance, intemperateness
--2 has particulars: drinking bout
Verb drink has 5 senses
- drink, imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"
--1 is one way to consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Sample sentences:
They drink
The animals drink
- drink, booze, fuddle - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
--2 is one way to consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Sample sentence:
They drink
- toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail - propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"
--3 is one way to honor, honour, reward
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s PP
- drink in, drink - be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage"
--4 is one way to steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- drink, tope - drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife"
--5 is one way to use, habituate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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