Drink

"Beverage" redirects here. For , see Beverage (Rock Band).

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
* Bottled water
* Tap water
* Spring water

Orange juice

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
*** Hawaiian Ice
*** Slush
*** Snow cone

Vanilla-flavored Coca-Cola

* Carbonated beverages
** Carbonated water
** Fermented soft drinks (in their original form, many are now made from syrup and carbonated water).
*** Cola (Coca-Cola et al)
*** Birch beer
*** Dandelion and burdock
*** Ginger ale
*** Ginger beer
*** Moxie
*** Root beer
*** Sarsaparilla
** Other carbonated soft drinks
*** Citrus soft drinks (7-up et al)
*** Cream soda
*** Energy drink
*** Irn Bru
*** Kofola
Sports drinks (Gatorade et al)

A glass of milk

Dairy drinks
* Flavored milk
** Chocolate milk
** Ovaltine
* Frozen Dairy drinks
** Float
** Frappe
** Milkshake
*** Malted milkshake
** Smoothie
* Cream
* Eggnog
* Horchata
* Kumis
* Milkshake
* Milk
* Yogurt drink
* Yoo-hoo
* Non-dairy variants
** Almond milk
** Rice milk
** Soy milk
Alcoholic beverages (which see for classification).
* Non-alcoholic variants
** Near beer
** Non-alcoholic wine
** Sparkling cider
Hot beverages, including infusions. Sometimes drunk chilled.

A small cup of coffee

* Coffee-based beverages
** Cappucino
** Coffee
** Espresso
** Frappé
** Flavored coffees (mocha et al).
** Iced coffee
** Latte
* Hot chocolate
* Hot cider
** Mulled cider
* Tea-based beverages
** Flavored teas (chai et al).
** Iced tea
** Pearl milk tea
** Tea
* Herbal teas
* Roasted grain beverages (Postum et al)
Something Cold to Drink
* The ever elusive Ginny, described by many beverage pundits as the "Queen of Hospitality", is known for always offer 'something cold to drink' as a way of welcoming and making guests feel at home and comfortable.

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.

Drink

See also