Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 99
Drink (v. t.) To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.
There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss, There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. -- Spenser.
The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. -- Thackeray.
Drink (v. t.) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
And let the purple violets drink the stream. -- Dryden.
Drink (v. t.) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
To drink the cooler air, -- Tennyson.
My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words Of that tongue's utterance. -- Shak.
Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye. -- Pope.
Drink (v. t.) To smoke, as tobacco. [Obs.]
And some men now live ninety years and past, Who never drank to tobacco first nor last. -- Taylor (1630.)
To drink down, To act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. -- Shak.
To drink in, To take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. "Song was the form of literature which he [Burns] had drunk in from his cradle." -- J. C. Shairp.
To drink off or To drink up, To drink completely, especially at one draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial.
To drink the health of, or To drink to the health of, To drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.
Drink (n.) Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.
Give me some drink, Titinius. -- Shak.
Drink (n.) Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out.
Drink money, or Drink penny, An allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity.
Drink offering (Script.), An offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service.
In drink, Drunk. "The poor monster's in drink." -- Shak.
Strong drink, Intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. " Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging." -- Prov. xx. 1.
Drink (n.) A single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner."
Drink (n.) The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence].
Drink (n.) Any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable].
Drink (n.) Any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued."
Drink (n.) The act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" [syn: swallow, drink, deglutition].
Drink (v.) Take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" [syn: drink, imbibe].
Drink (v.) Consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn: drink, booze, fuddle].
Drink (v.) Propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" [syn: toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail].
Drink (v.) Be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage" [syn: drink in, drink].
Drink (v.) Drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife" [syn: drink, tope].
Drink, () The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or "basin," the "cruse" or pitcher, and the saucer.
To drink water by measure (Ezek. 4:11), and to buy water to drink (Lam. 5:4), denote great scarcity. To drink blood means to be satiated with slaughter.
The Jews carefully strained their drinks through a sieve, through fear of violating the law of Lev. 11:20, 23, 41, 42. (See Matt. 23:24. "Strain at" should be "strain out.")
Drinkable (a.) Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural. -- Steele.
Drinkable (a.) Suitable for drinking [syn: drinkable, potable] [ant: undrinkable].
Drinkable (n.) Any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable].
Drinkableness (n.) State of being drinkable.
Drinker (n.) One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.
Drinker moth (Zool.), A large British moth ({Odonestis potatoria).
Drinker (n.) A person who drinks liquids.
Drinker (n.) A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) [syn: drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer] [ant: abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker].
Compare: Drunkard
Drunkard (n.) 酒鬼；醉漢 [C] A person who is habitually drunk.
‘Envisioning a new medical speciality to address this ailment, the AACI built a network of private institutions to treat habitual drunkards.’
Drinking (n.) The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.
Drinking (n.) The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors.
Drinking (n.) An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.
Note: Drinking is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, a drinking song, drinking cup, drinking glass, drinking house, etc.
Drinking horn, A drinking vessel made of a horn.
Drinking (n.) The act of consuming liquids [syn: drinking, imbibing, imbibition].
Drinking (n.) The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence].
Drinkless (a.) Destitute of drink. -- Chaucer.
Dripped (imp. & p. p.) of Drip.
Dript () of Drip.
Dripping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drip.
Drip (v. i.) 滴下 [（+down）]；滴水，滴下液體，濕淋淋 [（+with）]； 漏下，撒下 [（+down）] To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.
Drip (v. i.) To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips.
The dark round of the dripping wheel. -- Tennyson.
Drip (v. t.) 使滴下；溢出，發出 To let fall in drops.
Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain. -- Swift.
Drip (n.) A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.
Drip (n.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water.
Drip (v.) ( -pp-) [ I or T ] （使）滴下 If a liquid drips, it falls in drops, or you make it fall in drops.
// Water dripped down the wall.
// She dripped paint on the carpet.
Drip (v.) ( -pp-) [ I ] 滴落；滴水 To produce drops of liquid.
// Watch out - the candle's dripping.
Idioms: Be dripping with sth
Be dripping with sth (Humorous) 穿戴很多的… To be wearing a lot of something.
// She was absolutely dripping with gold/ jewels.
Drip (n.) (Liquid) [ C ] 一滴；滴液 A drop of liquid.
// Drips of paint/ sweat.
Drip (n.) (Liquid) [ S ] 滴水聲；滴下 The sound or action of liquid falling in drops.
// All I could hear was the drip of the rain from the roof.
Drip (n.) (Liquid) [ C ] (US also IV ) 輸液；點滴注射器 A method of slowly giving someone liquid medicine or food through a tube into a vein, or a piece of equipment for doing this.
// He was on a drip for three days.
Drip ( n.) (Person) [ C ] (Informal) ( Disapproving) 沒有個性的人，乏味的人 A boring person without a strong character.
// Her husband is such a drip.
Idioms: Drip, drip (, drip)
Drip, drip (, drip) (Mainly UK) 形容壞事緩慢發生的過程Used to describe a process in which something bad happens very slowly.
// The steady drip, drip, drip with which small, independently owned businesses are disappearing.
Dripping (n.) A falling in drops, or the sound so made.
Dripping (n.) That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting.
Dripple (a.) Weak or rare.
Dripstone (n.) A drip, when made of stone. See Drip, 2.
Drove (imp.) of Drive.
Drave () of Drive.
Driven (p. p.) of Drive.
Driving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drive.
Drive (v. t.) To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.
A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. -- Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along. -- Pope.
Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. -- Pope.
Drive (v. t.) To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door.
How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother! -- Thackeray.
Drive (v. t.) To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like. " Enough to drive one mad." -- Tennyson.
He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Drive (v. t.) To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. [Now used only colloquially.] -- Bacon.
The trade of life can not be driven without partners. -- Collier.
Drive (v. t.) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
To drive the country, force the swains away. -- Dryden.
Drive (v. t.) (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. -- Tomlinson.
Drive (v. t.) To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Drive (v. t.) Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.
Drive (v. t.) To operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by manipulating the controls, such as the steering, propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
Drive (v. i.) To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails. -- Dryden.
Under cover of the night and a driving tempest. -- Prescott.
Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. -- Tennyson.
Drive (v. i.) To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.
The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn. -- Byron.
The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers. -- Thackeray.
Drive (v. i.) To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.
Drive (v. i.) To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.
Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at. -- South.
Drive (v. i.) To distrain for rent. [Obs.]
Drive (v. i.) (Golf) To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.
Drive (v. i.) to go from one place to another in a vehicle, serving as the operator of the vehicle; to drive[9] a vehicle from one location to another. He drove from New York to Boston in four hours.
To let drive, To aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. "Four rogues in buckram let drive at me." -- Shak.
Drive (n.) In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight of the ball, etc., so driven.
Drive (n.) (Golf) A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke.
Note: Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to cause to move by applying the force before, or in front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to place them in a machine, which, by a current of air, drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them by themselves. "My thrice-driven bed of down." -- Shak.
Drive (p. p.) Driven. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Drive (n.) The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.
Drive (n.) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
Drive (n.) Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
The Murdstonian drive in business. -- M. Arnold.
Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
Drive (n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. [Colloq.]
Syn: See Ride.
Drive (n.) A private road; a driveway.
Drive (n.) A strong psychological motivation to perform some activity.
Drive (n.) (Computers) A device for reading or writing data from or to a data storage medium, as a disk drive, a tape drive, a CD drive, etc.
Drive (n.) An organized effort by a group to accomplish a goal within a limited period of time; as, a fund-raising drive.
Drive (n.) A physiological function of an organism motivating it to perform specific behaviors; as, the sex drive.
Drive (n.) (Football) The period during which one team sustains movement of the ball toward the opponent's goal without losing possession of the ball; as, a long drive downfield.
Drive (n.) An act of driving a vehicle, especially an automobile; the journey undertaken by driving an automobile; as, to go for a drive in the country.
Drive (n.) The mechanism which causes the moving parts of a machine to move; as, a belt drive.
Drive (n.) The way in which the propulsive force of a vehicle is transmitted to the road; as, a car with four-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, etc.
Drive (n.) The act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn: drive, thrust, driving force].
Drive (n.) A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds."
Drive (n.) A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort].
Drive (n.) A road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway" [syn: driveway, drive, private road].
Drive (n.) The trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers."
Drive (n.) Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds" [syn: drive, driving].
Drive (n.) The act of driving a herd of animals overland.
Drive (n.) A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car" [syn: drive, ride].
Drive (n.) A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or Desire.
Drive (n.) (Computer science) A device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium.
Drive (n.) A wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views" [syn: drive, parkway].
Drive (n.) (Sports) A hard straight return (as in tennis or squash).
Drive (v.) Operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"
Drive (v.) Travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater" [syn: drive, motor].
Drive (v.) Cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage."
Drive (v.) Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad" [syn: force, drive, ram].
Drive (v.) To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion."
Drive (v.) Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back] [ant: attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in].
Drive (v.) Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs."
Drive (v.) Push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the wall."
Drive (v.) Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field.
Drive (v.) Strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" [syn: tug, labor, labour, push, drive].
Drive (v.) Move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" [syn: drive, get, aim].
Drive (v.) Have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: drive, ride].
Drive (v.) Work as a driver; "He
drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark."
Drive (v.) Move by being propelled by a force;
"The car drove around the corner."
Drive (v.) Urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn."
Drive (v.) Proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work" [syn: drive, take].
Drive (v.) Strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golf ball."
Drive (v.) Hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally; "drive a ball."
Drive (v.) Excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel."
Drive (v.) Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer."
Drive (v.) Hunting: search for game; "drive the forest."
Drive (v.) Hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game."
Drive, () A peripheral device that allows a computer to read or/or write some storage medium such as a hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic tape, compact disc or DVD. These would be called a disk drive, magnetic tape drive, etc. CD and DVD drives are known collectively as optical drives. When unqualified the term probably refers to a hard disk drive.
The term "drive" refers particularly to the electrical components such as electric motors and head positioning system, read-write heads and associated electronics.
Of the above storage media, typically only hard disks are fixed, the rest being removable. Most PCs in 2009 include one disk drive and one optical drive housed in the main PC enclosure. Extra drives can be connected externally via USB, SCSI or Firewire.
Magnetic tape is always removable and tape drives are typically external.
Not to be confused with a "driver" meaning device driver - software used to access a peripheral device. (2009-12-01)
Drive away (v.) [Phrasal verb] To cause or force (someone) to leave especially by making a situation unpleasant or unattractive.
// The store's high prices are driving away customers.
Drive away (v.) Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" [syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off].
Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Driveled (imp. & p. p.) of Drivel.
Drivelled () of Drivel.
Driveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drivel.
Drivelling () of Drivel.
Drivel (v. i.) (v. i.) 淌口水；流鼻涕；胡說 (v. t.) 浪費 To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.
Drivel (v. i.) To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love. -- Shak. Dryden.
Drivel (n.) Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.
Drivel (n.) Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance; foolish talk; babble.
Drivel (n.) A driveler; a fool; an idiot. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Drivel (n.) A servant; a drudge. [Obs.] -- Huloet.
Drivel (n.) A worthless message [syn: {drivel}, {garbage}].
Drivel (n.) Saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: {drool}, {dribble}, {drivel}, {slobber}].
Drivel (v.) Let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn: {drivel}, {drool}, {slabber}, {slaver}, {slobber}, {dribble}].
Driveler (n.) A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool. [Written also driveller.]
Driven (p. p.) of Drive. Also adj.
Driven well, A well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; -- called also drive well.
Driven (a.) Compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred" [syn: driven, goaded].
Driven (a.) Urged or forced to action through moral pressure; "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue" [syn: driven, impelled].
Driven (a.) Strongly motivated to succeed [syn: compulsive, determined, driven].
Drivepipe (n.) A pipe for forcing into the earth.
Driver (n.) One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.
Driver (n.) The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive.
Driver (n.) An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.
Driver (n.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:
Driver (n.) The driving wheel of a locomotive.
Driver (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier.
Driver (n.) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.
Driver (n.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.
Driveway (n.) A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.
Driving (a.) Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm.
Driving (a.) Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
Driving (n.) The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously.
Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.
Drizzled (imp. & p. p.) of Drizzle.
Drizzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drizzle.
Drizzle (v. i.) To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain.
Drizzle (v. t.) To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
Drizzle (n.) Fine rain or mist.
Drizzly (a.) Characterized by small rain, or snow; moist and disagreeable.
Drock (n.) A water course.
Drofland (n.) Alt. of Dryfland.
Dryfland (n.) An ancient yearly payment made by some tenants to the king, or to their landlords, for the privilege of driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets.
Drogher (n.) A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher.
Drogman (n.) Alt. of Drogoman.
Drogoman (n.) See Dragoman.
Drogue (n.) See Drag, n., 6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n.
Droh (imp.) of Draw.
Droid (n.) [ C ] (Informal) （科幻中的） 機器人、人形機器人，曾出現在電影 <星球大戰> 中。該詞來自於android一詞。 A robot (= a machine controlled by computer) that is made to look like a human.
// She provided the voice of evil droid TC-14 in the movie Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
Android (n.) [ C ] 人型機器人；模擬機器人 A robot (= machine controlled by computer) that is made to look like a human.
Droil (v. i.) To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod.
Droil (n.) A drudge.
Droil (n.) Mean labor; toil.
Droit (n.) A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also, in old law, the writ of right.
Droitural (a.) relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions.
Droitzschka (n.) See Drosky.
Droll (a.) 滑稽的；離奇好笑的 Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
Syn: Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous; queer; odd; waggish; facetious; merry; laughable; ludicrous. -- {Droll}, {Laughable}, {Comical}. Laughable is the generic term, denoting anything exciting laughter or worthy of laughter; comical denotes something of the kind exhibited in comedies, something humorous of the kind exhibited in comedies, something, as it were, dramatically humorous; droll stands lower on the scale, having reference to persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story.
Droll (n.) 【罕】滑稽可笑的人，小丑 [C] One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. -- Prior.
Droll (n.) Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
Drolled (imp. & p. p.) of Droll.
Drolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Droll.
Droll (v. i.) To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.]