Kilo Lingo

drink

/drɪŋk/

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Translation

To take water or another liquid into your mouth and swallow it.

Word origin

From Old English drincan, a word shared across the old Germanic languages.

Origin
Old English
Root
drincan

Grammar

Verb typeirregular (drink, drinks, drank, drunk)

Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.

Examples

meal.

"Drink" means to take in a liquid.

tea .

"Drinks" is the form used with he, she, or it.

milk.

"Drank" is the past form of "drink".

"Drink" means to take a liquid like water, tea, or milk into your mouth and swallow it. The past form is "drank", and "drunk" is used after "have".

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This word is part of lesson 7.