Meaning

10 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

    He drank the water I gave him.

    You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

    trinken, saufen, trinke

    питьpitʹ, вы́питьvýpitʹ, попи́тьpopítʹ

    пи́тиpýty, ви́питиvýpyty

    consume alcohol

  2. (metonymically, transitive)To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).

    Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.

  3. (intransitive)To consume alcoholic beverages.

    You've been drinking, haven't you?

    No thanks, I don't drink.

    saufen

    питьpitʹ, выпива́тьvypivátʹ, вы́питьvýpitʹ

  4. (transitive)To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.

  5. (transitive)To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.

  6. Used in phrasal verbs: drink down, drink in, drink off, drink out, drink to, drink up.

  7. (archaic, transitive)To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially

  8. To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially:

    (archaic, transitive)To express one's desire for the accomplishment of a toast, sentiment or event, to wish, hope (for), forward (especially as 'to drink the health (of someone)').

  9. (archaic, obsolete, transitive)[with to ‘someone or something’]

  10. (obsolete, transitive)To smoke, as tobacco.

Examples

8960 sentences
  1. Would you like something to drink?

    Ви б хотіли чогось випити?

    ruНе хотите ли чего-нибудь выпить?

    deWillst du etwas zum Trinken?

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  2. What would you like to drink?

    Що хочете випити?

    ruЧто желаете пить?

    deWas möchten Sie trinken?

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  3. I want something cold to drink.

    Я хочу випити чогось прохолодного.

    ruЯ хочу выпить чего-нибудь холодного.

    deIch möchte etwas Kaltes trinken.

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  4. I want to drink something cold.

    Я хочу випити чогось прохолодного.

    ruЯ хочу выпить чего-нибудь холодного.

    deIch möchte etwas Kaltes trinken.

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  5. I want something hot to drink.

    Я хочу випити чогось гарячого.

    ruЯ хочу выпить чего-нибудь тёплого.

    deIch will etwas Warmes zu trinken.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
consume liquid through the mouth:
Русский
By meaning 2
consume liquid through the mouth:
consume alcoholic beverages:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
consume liquid through the mouth:

Origin

From Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan (“to drink, swallow up, engulf”), fr

From Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan (“to drink, swallow up, engulf”), from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), nasalised variant of *dʰreǵ- (“to draw, glide”).

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Forms

drinks, drinking, drank, drunk
Base formdrink · to drink
3rd person singulardrinks
Present participledrinking
Past simpledrank / drunk
Past participledrunk / drinken / dranken

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydrink
he, she, itdrinks

Past simpleLesson

all personsdrank

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave drunk
he, she, ithas drunk

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill drink

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

32 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • drink too much
  • something to drink
  • drink coffee
  • drink beer
  • drink a lot
  • have a drink
  • drink wine
  • drink tea
  • want to drink
  • for a drink
  • drink a cup
  • drank a glass

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
drink — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto