drink
Speech parts
1. drink - Noun
2. drink - Verb
Meaning
To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.
To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the /se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple.
To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.
To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
To smoke, as tobacco.
Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.
Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out.
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Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
Marriage is the key of moderation, the harmony of desires, the seal of a deep friendship ... the unique drink from a fountain enclosed, inaccessible to those without. United in the flesh, one in spirit, they urge each other on by their mutual love.
"If any man thirst, let him come and drink from the rivers of living water" (cf. John 7:38). Where shall he who thirsts come? To heretics where the fountain and river of water is in no way life-giving? Or to the Church, which is One?
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
A drink is shorter than a tale.
When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.