drink: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with D · ends with K
Meaning of drink
verb
- ambitransitive
To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
Example: He drank the water I gave him.
- metonymically, transitive
To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
Example: Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.
- intransitive
To consume alcoholic beverages.
Example: You've been drinking, haven't you?
- transitive
To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
Listed forms: drinks, drinking, drank, drunk, drinked, drunken.
Source: Wiktionary — drink.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A beverage.
Example: What kind of drink would you like? We have soft drinks and hard drinks.
- uncountable
Drinks in general; something to drink.
- countable, uncountable
A type of beverage (usually mixed).
Example: My favourite drink is the White Russian.
- countable, uncountable
A (served) alcoholic beverage.
Example: Can I buy you a drink?
Listed forms: drinks, dhrink, drank, drinck, drinke, dink, thrink.
Source: Wiktionary — drink.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for drink.
noun
the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
noun
any liquid suitable for drinking
noun
the act of swallowing
verb
take in liquids
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is drink in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of drink
D(2) + R(1) + I(1) + N(1) + K(5) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of drink
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from drink
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