5 N‑UNCOUNT Drink is alcohol, such as beer, wine, or whisky. □ Too much drink is bad for your health.
6 → see also drinking
7 CONVENTION People say ' I'll drink to that ' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said. [INFORMAL , FEELINGS ]
▸ drink to PHRASAL VERB When people drink to someone or something, they wish them success, good luck, or good health before having an alcoholic drink. □ [V P n] Let's drink to his memory, eh?
▸ drink up PHRASAL VERB When you drink up an amount of liquid, you finish it completely. □ [V P n] Drink up your sherry and we'll go. □ [V P ] Drink up, there's time for another.
drink|able /dr I ŋkəb ə l/
1 ADJ Water that is drinkable is clean and safe for drinking.
2 ADJ If you say that a particular wine, beer, or other drink is drinkable , you mean that it tastes quite pleasant. □ The food was good and the wine drinkable. □ …a very drinkable plonk.
dri nk-dri ve also drink drive ADJ [ADJ n] Drink-drive means relating to drink-driving. □ He was nearly three times over the drink drive limit.
dri nk-dri ver (drink-drivers ) also drink driver N‑COUNT A drink-driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed. [BRIT ] in AM, use drunk driver ● drink-driving N‑UNCOUNT □ …a drink-driving conviction.
drink|er /dr I ŋkə r / (drinkers )
1 N‑COUNT If someone is a tea drinker or a beer drinker , for example, they regularly drink tea or beer. □ Are you a coffee drinker?
2 N‑COUNT If you describe someone as a drinker , you mean that they drink alcohol, especially in large quantities. □ I'm not a heavy drinker.
drink|ing /dr I ŋk I ŋ/
1 ADJ [ADJ n] Someone's drinking friends or companions are people they regularly drink alcohol with.
2 → see also drink
dri nk|ing foun|tain (drinking fountains ) N‑COUNT A drinking fountain is a device which supplies water for people to drink in places such as streets, parks, or schools.
dri nk|ing wa|ter N‑UNCOUNT Drinking water is water which it is safe to drink.
drip /dr I p/ (drips , dripping , dripped )
1 VERB When liquid drips somewhere, or you drip it somewhere, it falls in individual small drops. □ [V prep/adv] Sit your child forward and let the blood drip into a tissue or on to the floor. □ [V ] Amid the trees the sea mist was dripping. □ [V n prep/adv] The children kept dripping Coke on the carpets.
2 VERB When something drips , drops of liquid fall from it. □ [V ] A tap in the kitchen was dripping. □ [V + with ] Lou was dripping with perspiration. □ [V n] He was holding a cloth that dripped pink drops upon the floor.
3 N‑COUNT A drip is a small individual drop of a liquid. □ Drips of water rolled down the trousers of his uniform.
4 N‑COUNT A drip is a piece of medical equipment by which a liquid is slowly passed through a tube into a patient's blood. □ I had a bad attack of pneumonia and spent two days in hospital on a drip.
5 VERB [usu cont] If you say that something is dripping with a particular thing, you mean that it contains a lot of that thing. [LITERARY ] □ [V + with ] They were dazed by window displays dripping with diamonds and furs.
6 → see also drip-dry , dripping
dri p-dry ADJ Drip-dry clothes or sheets are made of a fabric that dries free of creases when it is hung up wet. □ …drip-dry shirts.
dri p-feed also drip feed (drip-feeds , drip-feeding , drip-fed ) VERB If you drip-feed money into something, you pay the money a little at a time rather than paying it all at once. □ [V n + into ] …investors who adopt the sensible policy of drip feeding money into shares.
drip|ping /dr I p I ŋ/
1 N‑UNCOUNT Dripping is the fat which comes out of meat when it is fried or roasted, and which can be used for frying food.
2 PHRASE If you are dripping wet , you are so wet that water is dripping from you. □ We were dripping wet from the spray.
3 → see also drip
drip|py /dr I pi/ (drippier , drippiest ) ADJ If you describe someone as drippy , you mean that they are rather stupid and weak. If you describe something such as a book or a type of music as drippy , you mean that you think it is rather stupid, dull, and sentimental. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ These men look a bit drippy. □ …drippy infantile ideas.
drive ◆◆◆ /dra I v/ (drives , driving , drove , driven )
1 VERB When you drive somewhere, you operate a car or other vehicle and control its movement and direction. □ [V prep/adv] I drove into town and went to a restaurant for dinner. □ [V ] She never learned to drive. □ [V n] Mrs Glick drove her own car and the girls went in Nancy's convertible. [Also V n prep/adv] ● driv|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ …a qualified driving instructor.
2 VERB If you drive someone somewhere, you take them there in a car or other vehicle. □ [V n prep/adv] His daughter Carly drove him to the train station. [Also V n]
3 N‑COUNT A drive is a journey in a car or other vehicle. □ I thought we might go for a drive on Sunday.