DRINK - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Verb
take in liquids
Example: The patient must drink several liters each day; The children like to drink soda
Categories: Consume, Ingest, Take in, Take, Have
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Verb
consume alcohol
Example: We were up drinking all night
Categories: Consume, Ingest, Take in, Take, Have
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Noun
any large deep body of water
Example: he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued
Categories: Body of water, Water
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Verb
drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
Example: The husband drinks and beats his wife
Categories: Use, Habituate
Synonyms
Pledge, Drunkenness, Tope, Deglutition, Salute
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "drink" comes from Proto-Germanic *drunkiz. It started in Old English drynċ. Then it appeared in Middle English drink. Later, people used it in Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ-. After that, it was Proto-Germanic *drinkaną. Over time, it became Old English drincan. Finally, it reached Middle English drynken. Many other languages have similar words:.
- West Frisian: drinke
- Low German: drinken
- Dutch: drinken
- German: trinken
- Norwegian Bokmål: drikke
- Norwegian Nynorsk: drikka
- Dutch: drank
🧩 Fun Fact
A word passing through this many languages survived because it named something universally important.