Italian-English Dictionary

(ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

(transitive) To intoxicate.

(intransitive) To become intoxicated; to get drunk.

(transitive) To set something in advance.

To finish one's drink.

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

(idiomatic) To have a drink; to quench one's thirst.

(intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.

The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.

(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]

(uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.

(slang, derogatory) A person who has an attractive body but an unattractive face.

A tropical Mexican shrub, Justicia brandegeeana, grown ornamentally for the colorful bracts surrounding its flowers.

(simile) To drink (especially alcohol) heavily and in excess.

(intransitive) To give up, or give in.

(intransitive, euphemistic) To die.

A en given name.

A en given name, notably of ancient queens of Egypt.

A young tree, larger than a seedling.

(idiomatic) A job, task or other activity that is pleasant or, by extension, easy or simple.

(archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.

(figurative) To appear in an exaggerated or threatening form; (of a person or thing) to tower; (of an idea) to impressively or intimidatingly occupy the mind; (of an event) to be imminent.

(intransitive) To drink wine.