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drinkdrink1 /drɪŋk/ noun 1 a liquid you can drink► drink a liquid that you can take into your mouth and swallow: He asked for a drink of water. The waiter dropped his tray of food and drinks.
► beverage (formal) beverage means the same as drink but is used especially in restaurants on menus and signs, or in formal writing such as reports: Beverages such as colas can cause tooth decay.
2 the action of taking an amount of liquid into your mouth and swallowing it► drink if you take a drink, you take an amount of liquid into your mouth and swallow it: He took a drink of his lemonade.
► sip if you take a sip, you take a small amount of a liquid into your mouth and swallow it: She took a sip of the hot tea.
► gulp if you take a gulp, you take a large amount of a liquid into your mouth and swallow it quickly: She finished the drink in a single gulp.
noun | verb
drinkdrink2 /drɪŋk/ verb (past tense drank /dræŋk/, past participle drunk /drʌŋk/) 
► drink to take liquid into your mouth and swallow it: Drink your milk; it’s good for you. My brother was drinking a glass of orange juice.
► sip to drink something slowly in small amounts: The coffee was hot, and she sipped it carefully.
► take a sip to drink a small amount of something one time: I handed Juanita the juice, and she took a sip.
► gulp also gulp down (informal) to drink something in large amounts: She ate fast, gulping her milk. Andrei gulped down half a glass of water and ran back outside.
► take a gulp (informal) to drink a large amount of something one time: She took a big gulp of the chocolate shake and passed it to her brother.
► lap also lap up if an animal laps a drink, it drinks by touching the liquid with its tongue: The catlapped milkfrom the bowl. The kitten was lapping up as much of the milk as she could.
➔ see thirsty