Drink
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The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids. As a noun, it refers to the liquid thus ingested. It is often used in a narrower sense to refer to alcoholic beverages (as both a verb and a noun). Drink is also slang for a body of water, such as an ocean or a water hazard on a golf course (e.g. "He hit that one into the drink."). To drink in is also used metaphorically, as in to drink in the scenery.
A beverage is a drink specifically prepared for human consumption. Beverages almost always largely consist of water. Water is essential for living, significantly more so than food. Death will usually occur after 1 week without any liquids but humans have been known to survive some months without food. Drinks often consumed include:
- Water
- Juice
- Fruit juices
- Nectars
- Vegetable juices
- Sap
- Sugar cane juice
- Maple sugar sap
- Cactus juice
- Soft drinks
- Aguas frescas
- Ades (non-carbonated, primarily sugar water)
- Fruit drinks (Hi-C et al)
- Lemonade
- Limeade
- Orange drink (Tang et al)
- Squash
- Powdered drinks (Kool-aid et al)
- Syrup drinks (Zarex et al)
- Frozen ades
- Carbonated beverages
- Carbonated water
- Fermented soft drinks (in their original form, many are now made from syrup and carbonated water).
- Other carbonated soft drinks
- Citrus soft drinks (7-up et al)
- Cream soda
- Energy drink
- Irn Bru
- Kofola
- Sports drinks (Gatorade et al)
- Dairy drinks
- Alcoholic beverages (which see for classification).
- Non-alcoholic variants
- Near beer
- Non-alcoholic wine
- Sparkling cider
- Non-alcoholic variants
- Hot beverages, including infusions. Sometimes drunk chilled.
Some substances may either be called food or drink, and accordingly be eaten with a spoon or drunk, depending on solid ingredients in it and on how thick it is, and on preference:
Hot beverages like coffee can cause scalding when drunk before cooling, or spilled. See McDonald's coffee case.
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