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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, from the tap (tap water) or from a bottle (bottled water)
- Juice (e.g. fruit juices and vegetable juices, which may be fresh or made from a concentrate)
- Soft drinks
- Sports drinks
- Infusions
- Dairy drinks, for example milk, yogurt drink, chocolate milk, milkshake, egg nog
- Alcoholic beverages
- Cocktails - mixed drinks
- Hot beverages, for example coffee, tea, hot chocolate, hot cider, cappuccino
- Pearl milk tea, a.k.a. Bubble Tea, is a Chinese tea drink popular in many parts of the world.
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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