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DRINKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
Example:
drink was his downfall
Synonyms:
boozing; crapulence; drink; drinking; drunkenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drinking" is a kind of...):
intemperance; intemperateness (consumption of alcoholic drinks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drinking"):
drinking bout (a long period of drinking)
Derivation:
drink (consume alcohol)
drink (drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of consuming liquids
Synonyms:
drinking; imbibing; imbibition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drinking" is a kind of...):
consumption; ingestion; intake; uptake (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drinking"):
gulping; guzzling; swilling (the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly)
potation (the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink))
Derivation:
drink (take in liquids)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb drink
Context examples:
We have dined nine times at Rosings, besides drinking tea there twice!
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
He would quit drinking, work up, and become a captain.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The advance brings hope for countries like India where clean drinking water is a big issue.
(Novel Technology Uses Bacteria for Cleaning Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The seventh, “Who has been drinking my wine?”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The study shows that drinking more alcohol is associated with a higher risk of stroke, fatal aneurysm, heart failure and death.
(Drinking more than five pints a week could shorten your life, University of Cambridge)
But the increase wasn't due to more drinking — in fact, a salty diet caused the subjects to drink less.
(Salty Diet Makes You Hungry, Not Thirsty, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
With little room to spare aboard a spacecraft, any human missions to Mars will have to harvest what's already available for drinking water and making rocket fuel.
(NASA's Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars, NASA)
Years of heavy drinking can lead to liver disease, heart disease, cancer and pancreatitis.
(Alcohol, NIH: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
Until then, drinking lots of fluids, resting and taking non-aspirin fever-reducing medicines might help.
(Dengue, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Drinking alcohol when pregnant can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
(Developmental Disabilities, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
