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drinken

Definitions of drinken
  1. noun
    any liquid suitable for drinking
    synonyms: drank
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    types:
    melk
    a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
    alcohol, bedwelmingsmiddel, drank, intoxicant, spiritus, spraakwater
    a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
    appelwijn, cider
    a beverage made from juice pressed from apples
    bonbon, cacao, cacaopoeder, chocola, chocolaatje, chocolade, chocolademelk, chocomel, poederchocola, praline
    a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
    fruitsap, sapje, vruchtensap, vruchtesap
    drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit
    mat, schaakmat
    South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
    fruitsap, sapje, soft drink, softdrink, vruchtensap, vruchtesap
    nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)
    koffie, leut, slemp, slobber
    a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
    thee
    a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
    drinkwater
    water suitable for drinking
    koffiecreamer, melkpoeder, poedermelk
    dehydrated milk
    koffiemelk
    milk concentrated by evaporation
    koffiemelk
    sweetened evaporated milk
    ondermelk, schepmelk, taptemelk
    milk from which the cream has been skimmed
    karnemelk
    residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture
    elixer, filtrum, kruidenaftreksel, toverdrank
    a substance believed to cure all ills
    filtrum, liefdesdrank, minnedrank, toverdrank
    a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it
    aperitief
    alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
    brouwsel
    drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
    saki
    Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
    druivenat, druivennat, wijn, wijntje
    fermented juice (of grapes especially)
    ethanol
    nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
    likeur, likeurtje
    strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
    Irish coffee
    sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and whipped cream
    espressokopje
    small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream
    espresso, espresso(-koffie), espressoapparaat, espressokoffie
    strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans
    appelwijn, cider
    alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage
    nectar
    fruit juice especially when undiluted
    appelsap
    the juice of apples
    jus, jus d'orange, sinaasappelsap
    bottled or freshly squeezed juice of oranges
    koemis
    an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia
    citroenlimonade, limonade
    sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice
    orangeade, ranja, sinas
    sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice
    belening, fris, frisdrank, ijsco, ijsje
    a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
    gemberbier, ginger ale
    ginger-flavored carbonated drink
    sinas
    orange-flavored carbonated drink
    kruidendrank, kruidenthee
    tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs
    ijswater
    water served ice-cold or with ice
    spa, spaatje, spawater
    effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide
    spa, spaatje, spawater
    water naturally or artificially impregnated with mineral salts or gasses; often effervescent; often used therapeutically
    type of:
    eetwaar, eten, etenswaar, kost, spijs, voeding, voedingsstof, voedsel, vreten
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
    nat, nattigheid, vloeistof, vocht
    a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
  2. verb
    consume alcohol
    synonyms: doorhalen, doorzakken
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    boemelen, dweilen, kroeglopen, pierewaaien, pintelieren, rinkelrooien, sjouwen, slieren, slijpen, stappen, wallebakken
    go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk
    pimpelen
    drink moderately but regularly
    bedrinken, bezatten, bezuipen, doorhalen, doorzakken, pimpelen, tanken, zuipen
    become drunk or drink excessively
    type of:
    bedienen, consumeren, gebruiken, nemen, nuttigen, ontfermen, pakken
    serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  3. verb
    drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
    synonyms:
    doorhalen, doorzakken
    consume alcohol
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    type of:
    bedienen
    take or consume (regularly or habitually)
  4. verb
    take in liquids
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    types:
    buizen, feppen, fleppen, hijsen, lampetten, tetteren, zuipen
    drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
    aanzuigen, zuigen
    draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
    lebberen, leppen, lurken, slobberen
    drink in sips
    buizen, feppen, fleppen, hijsen, lampetten, slempen, tetteren, zuipen
    drink greedily or as if with great thirst
    oplebberen, oplikken, opslobberen, opslorpen, opslurpen
    take up with the tongue
    opdrinken, opzuipen, uitdrinken
    drink to the last drop
    neerstromen
    drink down entirely
    type of:
    bedienen, consumeren, gebruiken, nemen, nuttigen, ontfermen, pakken
    serve oneself to, or consume regularly
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