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drinking

noun
/ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/CA/ˈdɹəŋk.əŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink + -ing.

  1. derived from [Term?]

Definitions

  1. An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.

    • Some say drinking is a vice.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:drinking.

  2. Suitable to drink.

    • drinking water

  3. Used to drink.

    • a drinking glass
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Addicted to alcohol.

      • Are they a drinking person?

    2. Pertaining to alcohol consumption, especially in excess.

      • drinking companions

    3. present participle and gerund of drink

The neighborhood

Derived

undrinking

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at drinking. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01drinking02beverages03beverage04coffee05serving06sitting07special08interest09excess

A definitional loop anchored at drinking. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at drinking

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA