"drinking" meaning in English

See drinking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/ [Canada, General-American, General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland], /ˈdɹəŋk.əŋ/ [New-Zealand], /ˈɖɾɪŋk.ɪŋ/ [India] Audio: en-us-drinking.ogg Forms: more drinking [comparative], most drinking [superlative]
enPR: drĭngk′ĭng Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink + -ing. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm||||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English [Term?], {{inh+|en|enm|}} Inherited from Middle English [Term?], {{surf|en|drink|-ing}} By surface analysis, drink + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} drinking (comparative more drinking, superlative most drinking)
  1. Suitable to drink.
    Sense id: en-drinking-en-adj-aaOX9-wz Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Arabic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 17 27 6 17 27 6
  2. Used to drink.
    Sense id: en-drinking-en-adj-y2TW~sLD Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Arabic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 17 27 6 17 27 6
  3. Addicted to alcohol.
    Sense id: en-drinking-en-adj-mlppOCiv
  4. Pertaining to alcohol consumption, especially in excess.
    Sense id: en-drinking-en-adj-TA6ep7KV Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Arabic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 17 27 6 17 27 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: undrinking [adjective]

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/ [Canada, General-American, General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland], /ˈdɹəŋk.əŋ/ [New-Zealand], /ˈɖɾɪŋk.ɪŋ/ [India] Audio: en-us-drinking.ogg Forms: drinkings [plural]
enPR: drĭngk′ĭng Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink + -ing. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm||||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English [Term?], {{inh+|en|enm|}} Inherited from Middle English [Term?], {{surf|en|drink|-ing}} By surface analysis, drink + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} drinking (plural drinkings)
  1. An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages. Wikidata QID: Q876776 Synonyms: potation Translations (act or session by which drink is consumed): شُرْب (šurb) (Arabic), малар (malar) (Chechen), pití [neuter] (Czech), juominen (Finnish), boire [masculine, plural] (French), Trinken (German), πόση (pósi) [feminine] (Greek), πιοτό (piotó) (note: especially alcoholic beverages) [neuter] (Greek), שתייה (sh'tiyá) (Hebrew), ivás (Hungarian), drykkja [feminine] (Icelandic), peminuman (Indonesian), 마시기 (masigi) (Korean), peminuman (Malay), കുടിക്കൽ (kuṭikkal) (Malayalam), vexwarin [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), drikking (Norwegian), picie [neuter] (Polish), питьё (pitʹjó) (Russian), escabio [Latin-America, colloquial, masculine] (Spanish), пиття (pyttja) (Ukrainian)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/ [Canada, General-American, General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland], /ˈdɹəŋk.əŋ/ [New-Zealand], /ˈɖɾɪŋk.ɪŋ/ [India] Audio: en-us-drinking.ogg
enPR: drĭngk′ĭng Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink + -ing. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm||||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English [Term?], {{inh+|en|enm|}} Inherited from Middle English [Term?], {{surf|en|drink|-ing}} By surface analysis, drink + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} drinking
  1. present participle and gerund of drink Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: drink Related terms: expenditure, utilisation
    Sense id: en-drinking-en-verb-aTWvvpbA

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