Definition of "drink" []

• To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid). (verb-transitive)
• To swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel): drank a cup of tea. (verb-transitive)
• To take in or soak up; absorb: drank the fresh air; spongy earth that drank up the rain. (verb-transitive)
• To take in eagerly through the senses or intellect: drank in the beauty of the day. (verb-transitive)
• To give or make (a toast). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The Law of the Jungle says that as the elephants are the lords of the jungle, they shall drink _first_: but they must be careful to drink _down the stream_, so that all the other animals may have a place higher up, where they can get _clear water to drink_."
• "Inspiration, -- _Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also_: and again -- _Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink_."
• "“Poh! man, drink it down, ” rejoin’d the sailor, “drink it down—it won’t hurt you."