Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Drink (drank, drinking, drunk, drunken)
drink (drank, drinking, drunk, drunken), v. [OE drincan.] (webplay: air, brook, cup, drunkard, eye, hear, liquor, see, thirst, tippler, water, wine).
- Take in liquid; [fig.] experience.
- Intake; ingest; satiate one's thirst; (see Genesis 24:17 for “drink” and Lamentations 5:4 for “drunken”).
- Imbibe; sip an intoxicating liquid; [fig.] live; celebrate; enjoy life; worship nature; (see Matthew 24:38).
- Partake; consume; shape a cup of sacramental wine (see Matthew 26:27); [fig.] consume a cleansing beverage.
- Slake thirst; stay hydrated.
- Accept; receive; submit to; (see Matthew 20:22).
- Choose; select; [fig.] taste.
- Endure; undergo; suffer; (see Mark 10:38-39).
- Phrase. “Drink to”: celebrate; toast; imbibe alcohol for a festive occasion; [fig.] praise; honor; pay homage to; (see Luke 12:19).
- Phrase. “drunk it stronger”: taken a more potent dose; imbibed a more intoxicating portion; [fig.] appreciated it more.
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