v. t. 1. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water. [ 1913 Webster ]

There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss,
There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe. [ 1913 Webster ]

And let the purple violets drink the stream. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see. [ 1913 Webster ]

To drink the cooler air, Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words
Of that tongue's utterance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To smoke, as tobacco. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And some men now live ninety years and past,
Who never drank to tobacco first nor last. Taylor (1630.) [ 1913 Webster ]

To drink down, to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. Shak. --
To drink in, to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. “Song was the form of literature which he [ Burns ] had drunk in from his cradle.” J. C. Shairp. --
To drink off or
To drink up, to drink completely, especially at one draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial. --
To drink the health of, or
To drink to the health of, to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give me some drink, Titinius. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drink money, or
Drink penny, an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity. --
Drink offering (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service. --
In drink, drunk. “The poor monster's in drink.” Shak. --
Strong drink, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. “ Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.” Prov. xx. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. Drank formerly Drunk & p. p. Drunk, Drunken 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 &unr_;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 ]

a. Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being drinkable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drinker moth (Zool.), a large British moth (Odonestis potatoria). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An entertainment with liquors; a carousal. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Drinking is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, a drinking song, drinking cup, drinking glass, drinking house, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drinking horn, a drinking vessel made of a horn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of drink. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]