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To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

Example: He drank the water I gave him.

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

Example: Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.

To consume alcoholic beverages.

Example: Everyone who is drinking is drinking, but not everyone who is drinking is drinking.

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

One who is intoxicated with alcohol.

A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.

A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.

A drunken state.

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

Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.

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

Example: Drunk with power he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.

Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.