A single serving of a beverage.

Dutch: drankje
Polish: napój

The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess:
— Drink was his downfall.

synonyms: boozing, crapulence, drinking, drunkenness.

Roget 298: eating etc. v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation^†, mastication, manducation^†, rumination; gluttony etc. 957.    [eating specific foods] hippophagy^†, ichthyophagy^†.    [Eating anatomy:] (appetite) etc. 865; mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard^†, gob [Slang], chops.    drinking etc. v.; potation, draught, libation; carousal etc. (amusement) 840; drunkenness etc. 959.    food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat etc. (provision) 637; prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese.    comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta; grub, grubstake, prog^†, meat; bread, bread stuffs; cerealia^†; cereals; viands, cates^†, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots; festal board; ambrosia; good cheer, good living.    beef, bisquit^†, bun; cornstarch [U.S.]; cookie, cooky [U.S.]; cracker, doughnut; fatling^†; hardtack, hoecake [U.S.], hominy [U.S.]; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti^†, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance [Fr.], roast and boiled; remove, entremet^†, releve [Fr.], hash, rechauffe [Fr.], stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage^†, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat^†; pie, pasty, volauvent^†; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets etc. 296; kickshaws^†; condiment etc. 393.    appetizer, hors d'oeuvre [Fr.].    main course, entree.    alligator pear, apple &c., apple slump; artichoke; ashcake^†, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole^†, avocado, banana, beche de mer [Fr.], barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli^†, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey [U.S.]; chowder, chupatty^†, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty^†, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis^†, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash [U.S.], supawn [U.S.], trepang^†, vanilla, waffle, walnut.    table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote [Fr.], ordinary, entree.    meal, repast, feed, spread; mess; dish, plate, course; regale; regalement^†, refreshment, entertainment; refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket; breakfast; lunch, luncheon; dejeuner [Fr.], bever^†, tiffin^†, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert; potluck, table d'hote [Fr.], dejeuner a la fourchette [Fr.]; hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal; blowout [Slang]; light refreshment; bara^†, chotahazri^†; bara khana^†.    mouthful, bolus, gobbet^†, morsel, sop, sippet^†.    drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup; potion, dram, draught, drench, swill [Slang]; nip, sip, sup, gulp.    wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo^†, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus^†, cup, bishop, wassail; gin etc. (intoxicating liquor) 959; coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer^†; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep [U.S.]; near beer, 3.   2 beer, non-alcoholic beverage.    eating house etc. 189.    [person who eats] diner; hippophage; glutton etc. 957.    ... show more

Roget 959: drunkenness etc. adj.; intemperance; drinking etc. v.; inebriety^†, inebriation; ebriety^†, ebriosity^†; insobriety; intoxication; temulency^†, bibacity^†, wine bibbing; comtation^†, potation; deep potations, bacchanals, bacchanalia, libations; bender [U.S.].    oinomania^†, dipsomania; delirium tremens; alcohol, alcoholism; mania a potu [Fr.].    drink; alcoholic drinks; blue ruin [Slang], grog, port wine; punch, punch bowl; cup, rosy wine, flowing bowl; drop, drop too much; dram; beer etc. (beverage) 298; aguardiente^†; apple brandy, applejack; brandy, brandy smash [U.S.]; chain lightning [Slang], champagne, cocktail; gin, ginsling^†; highball [U.S.], peg, rum, rye, schnapps [U.S.], sherry, sling [U.S.], uisquebaugh [Ire.], usquebaugh [Scot.], whisky, xeres^†.    drunkard, sot, toper, tippler, bibber^†, wine-bibber, lush; hard drinker, gin drinker, dram drinker; soaker [Slang], sponge, tun; love pot, toss pot; thirsty soul, reveler, carouser, Bacchanal, Bacchanalian; Bacchal^†, Bacchante^†; devotee to Bacchus^†; bum [U.S.], guzzler, tavern haunter.    ... show more

Dutch: drank, geborrel
Polish: pijaństwo, popijawa

Any liquid suitable for drinking.

synonyms: beverage, drinkable, potable.

Dutch: drankje, zuipen, drank, drinken
Polish: napój, picie

Any large deep body of water.

The act of swallowing:
— He took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips.

synonyms: deglutition, swallow.

Dutch: slok, de keel smeren, drinken
Polish: połykanie, łykanie, przełykanie

Take in liquids:
— The patient must drink several liters each day.
— The children like to drink soda.

synonym: imbibe.

Roget 296: give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in; let in, take in, suck in, draw in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate^†; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink etc. (food) 298.    ... show more

Dutch: drinken

Consume alcohol:
— We were up drinking all night.

synonyms: booze, fuddle, hit the bottle.

Roget 959: get drunk, be drunk etc. adj.; see double; take a drop too much, take a glass too much; drink; tipple, tope, booze, bouse [Fr.], guzzle, swill [Slang], soak [Slang], sot, bum [U.S.], besot, have a jag on, have a buzz on, lush [Slang], bib, swig, carouse; sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus^†; take to drinking; drink hard, drink deep, drink like a fish; have one's swill [Slang], drain the cup, splice the main brace, take a hair of the dog that bit you.    liquor, liquor up; wet one's whistle, take a whet; crack a bottle, pass the bottle; toss off etc. (drink up) 298; go to the alehouse, go to the public house.    make one drunk etc. adj.; inebriate, fuddle, befuddle, fuzzle^†, get into one's head.    ... show more

Propose a toast to:
— Let's drink to the New Year.

synonyms: pledge, salute, toast, wassail.

Dutch: aanstoten, klinken, proosten, toasten, toosten

Be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to:
— The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage.

synonym: drink in.

Drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic:
— The husband drinks and beats his wife.

synonym: tope.