Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A beverage.

    What kind of drink would you like? We have soft drinks and hard drinks.

    Getränk, Trinken, Trank

    напи́токnapítok

    напі́йnapíj

    a single serving of a beverage

  2. (uncountable)Drinks in general; something to drink.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A type of beverage (usually mixed).

    My favourite drink is the White Russian.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A (served) alcoholic beverage.

    Can I buy you a drink?

    Getränk, alkoholisches Getränk, Drink

    напи́токnapítok, вы́пивкаvýpivka

  5. (countable, uncountable)The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.

    He was about to take a drink from his root beer.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Alcoholic beverages in general.

    Drink

    вы́пивкаvýpivka

    the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

  7. (countable, uncountable)A standard drink.

    A drink of wine is about 5 ounces

    Getränk, Trank, Trunk

    напи́токnapítok, питьёpitʹjó

  8. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)Any body of water.

    If he doesn't pay off the mafia, he’ll wear cement shoes to the bottom of the drink!

    any large deep body of water

  9. (Australia, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A downpour; a cloudburst; a rainstorm; a deluge; a lot of rain.

  10. (countable, informal, uncountable)Amount.

Examples

8960 sentences
  1. Would you like something to drink?

    Ви б хотіли чогось випити? — deniko

    ruНе хотите ли чего-нибудь выпить? — marafon

    deWillst du etwas zum Trinken? — MUIRIEL

  2. What would you like to drink?

    Що хочете випити? — aandrusiak

    ruЧто желаете пить? — Avelesy

    deWas möchten Sie trinken? — xtofu80

  3. I want something cold to drink.

    Я хочу випити чогось прохолодного. — iceman

    ruЯ хочу выпить чего-нибудь холодного. — nami

    deIch möchte etwas Kaltes trinken. — Esperantostern

  4. I want to drink something cold.

    Я хочу випити чогось прохолодного. — iceman

    ruЯ хочу выпить чего-нибудь холодного. — nami

    deIch möchte etwas Kaltes trinken. — Esperantostern

  5. I want something hot to drink.

    Я хочу випити чогось гарячого. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу выпить чего-нибудь тёплого. — marafon

    deIch will etwas Warmes zu trinken. — kroko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
served beverage:
Русский
By meaning 3
served beverage:
served alcoholic beverage — see also shot, cocktail:
action of drinking — see also drinking:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
served beverage:
served alcoholic beverage — see also shot, cocktail:
action of drinking — see also drinking:

Origin

From Middle English drink, drinke (also as drinche, drunch), from Old English drynċ, from

From Middle English drink, drinke (also as drinche, drunch), from Old English drynċ, from Proto-Germanic *drunkiz, *drankiz.

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Forms

plural: drinks

Synonyms

13 synonyms
action of drinking:gulpB2sipswig
served beverage:beverage
alcoholic beverage, served or in general:alcoholic beverage
Close in meaning

Word family

57 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
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