[1] : 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.
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            gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and
            drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink.
                                                  --luke xvii.
                                                  8.
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            he shall drink of the wrath the almighty. --job xxi.
                                                  20.
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            drink of the cup that can not cloy.   --keble.
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   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.
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            and they drank, and were merry with him. --gem.
                                                  xliii. 34.
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            bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk
            freely.                               --thackeray.
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   to drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the
      act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking.
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            i drink to the general joy of the whole table,
            and to our dear friend banquo.        --shak.
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see also:
drank drunk drunken drinking drench drown 
to drink to 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drinking \drink"ing\, n.
   1. the act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.
      1913 webster

   2. the practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating
      liquors.
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   3. an entertainment with liquors; a carousal.
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   note: drinking is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
         compound; as, a drinking song, drinking cup, drinking
         glass, drinking house, etc.
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   drinking horn, a drinking vessel made of a horn.
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see also:
drinking horn 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

drinking
     n 1: the act of consuming liquids syn: imbibing, imbibition
     2: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink
        was his downfall" syn: drink, boozing, drunkenness,
         crapulence
see also:
imbibing imbibition drink boozing drunkenness crapulence 

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