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1. Meaning 1 · verb

   To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

   “He drank the water I gave him.”

2. Meaning 2 · verb

   (metonymic) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).

   “Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.”

3. Meaning 3 · verb

   To consume alcoholic beverages.

   “Everyone who is drinking is drinking, but not everyone who is drinking is drinking.”

4. Meaning 4 · verb

   To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.

5. Meaning 5 · verb

   To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.

6. Meaning 6 · verb

   To smoke, as tobacco.

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   One who is intoxicated with alcohol.

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    A drunken state.

11. Meaning 11 · adjective

    Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

12. Meaning 12 · adjective

    Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.

13. Meaning 13 · adjective

    (usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.

    “Drunk with power he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.”

14. Meaning 14 · adjective

    Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.

How this word is used

• Everyday “He drank the water I gave him.”
• General “Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.”
• General “Everyone who is drinking is drinking, but not everyone who is drinking is drinking.”
• General “Drunk with power he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.”

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