overdrink
overdrink · overdrinks · overdrank · overdrunk · overdrinking
To drink to excessTo drink to excess.
Meaning
1 sensesTo drink to excess.
Origin
From Middle English *overdrinken (attested only as a noun overdrink (“excessive drinking”)From Middle English *overdrinken (attested only as a noun overdrink (“excessive drinking”)), from Old English oferdrincan (“to overdrink”), equivalent to over- + drink. Compare German übertrinken (“to overdrink”), Swedish överdrycka (“to overdrink”), Old English oferdrynċ (“excessive drinking, drunkenness”).
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Forms
overdrinks, overdrinking, overdrank, overdrunkirregular · Lesson
| Base form | overdrink · to overdrink |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | overdrinks |
| Present participle | overdrinking |
| Past simple | overdrank |
| Past participle | overdrunk |
Tenses
overdrink · overdrank · will overdrink · have overdrunkPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedoverdrunken
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.