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drinke

drinke is the obsolete spelling of drink.

Meaning of drink

Noun

drink (countable and uncountable, plural drinks)

  1. A beverage.
    • What kind of drink would you like? We have soft drinks and hard drinks.
    Synonyms:
    beverage
  2. (uncountable) Drinks in general; something to drink.
    • For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 25:35
  3. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
    • My favourite drink is the White Russian.
    Synonyms:
    beverage
  4. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
    • Can I buy you a drink?
  5. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
    • He was about to take a drink from his root beer.
    Synonyms:
    gulp, sip, swig
  6. Alcoholic beverages in general.
    • She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court
    Synonyms:
    alcoholic beverage

See all 20 meanings of drink

Forms of drinke

pluraldrinkes

Questions about drinke

What is drinke the obsolete spelling of?
Drinke is the obsolete spelling of drink.

Words near drinke in the dictionary

  1. drinkables
  2. Drinkard
  3. Drinkards
  4. drinkathon
  5. drinkathons
  6. drinke
  7. drinked
  8. drinked from the furry cup
  9. drinken
  10. drinken from the furry cup
  11. drinker

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