drink

To take water or another liquid into your mouth and swallow it.

• I drink water with lunch.
• She drank some hot tea.
• Have you drunk enough water today?

Similar words: gulp, imbibe, quaff, sip

Common phrases: drink water, drink coffee, drink something

To have alcohol, either on one occasion or regularly.

• I don't drink.
• He drank too much at the party.
• Have you been drinking tonight?

Similar words: booze

Common phrases: drink alcohol, drink heavily, drink too much

To swallow the liquid in a particular glass, bottle, or other container.

• He drank a whole bottle of water.
• Can you drink another cup of tea?
• We drank three glasses of juice each.

Common phrases: drink a glass, drink a bottle, drink the whole bottle

A liquid you can swallow, such as water, juice, tea, or beer.

• Would you like a drink?
• She brought us cold drinks.
• I ordered a hot drink with my cake.

How to use it: a drink of something (I'd like a drink of water.)

Similar words: beverage

Common phrases: a cold drink, a hot drink, soft drink, a refreshing drink

An amount of beer, wine, or spirits containing a set quantity of pure alcohol.

• This serving counts as one standard drink.
• The chart measures alcohol intake in standard drinks.
• How many standard drinks does this bottle contain?

Common phrases: standard drink, one standard drink