Found 6 hits - Term: drank, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drake \drake\, n. cf. f. dravik, w. drewg, darnel, cockle,
etc.
wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also
drawk, dravick, and drank. prov. eng. --dr. prior.
1913 webster
see also:
drawk dravick drank
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drank \drank\, imp.
of drink.
1913 webster
see also:
drink
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drank \drank\, n. cf. 3d drake.
wild oats, or darnel grass. see drake a plant. prov. eng.
--halliwell.
1913 webster
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drake
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drink \drink\ dri^ngk, v. i. imp. drank dra^ngk,
formerly drunk dru^ngk; p. p. drunk, drunken
-'n; p. pr. vb. n. drinking. drunken is now rarely
used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually
intoxicated; the form drank, not infrequently used as a p.
p., is not so analogical. as. drincan; akin to os. drinkan,
d. drinken, g. trinken, icel. drekka, sw. dricka, dan.
drikke, goth. drigkan. cf. drench, drunken, drown.
1. 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.
1913 webster
gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and
drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink.
--luke xvii.
8.
1913 webster
he shall drink of the wrath the almighty. --job xxi.
20.
1913 webster
drink of the cup that can not cloy. --keble.
1913 webster
2. 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.
--pope.
1913 webster
and they drank, and were merry with him. --gem.
xliii. 34.
1913 webster
bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk
freely. --thackeray.
1913 webster
to drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the
act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking.
1913 webster
i drink to the general joy of the whole table,
and to our dear friend banquo. --shak.
1913 webster
see also:
drank drunk drunken drinking drench drown
to drink to
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
drink
n 1: a single serving of a beverage; "i asked for a hot drink";
"likes a drink before dinner"
2: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink
was his downfall" syn: drinking, boozing, drunkenness,
crapulence
3: any liquid suitable for drinking; "may i take your beverage
order?" syn: beverage, drinkable, potable
4: any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and
had to be rescued"
5: the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was
enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his
lips" syn: swallow, deglutition
v 1: take in liquids; "the patient must drink several liters each
day"; "the children like to drink soda" syn: imbibe
2: consume alcohol; "we were up drinking all night" syn: booze,
fuddle
3: propose a toast to; "let us toast the birthday girl";
"let's drink to the new year" syn: toast, pledge, salute,
wassail
4: be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to;
"the mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage"
syn: drink in
5: drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "the
husband drinks and beats his wife" syn: tope
also: drunk, drank
see also:
drinking boozing drunkenness crapulence beverage drinkable
potable swallow deglutition imbibe booze
fuddle toast pledge salute wassail
drink in tope drunk drank
- [6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
drank
see drink
see also:
drink
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