drinking has definitions from the field of biology
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[ noun ] (biology) the act of consuming liquids

Synonyms

imbibition imbibing

Used in print

(Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)

- In_addition_to its recreation interests , water is needed for drinking , sanitation , and irrigation .

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

She added a postscript begging me to be careful about drinking .

The trouble was drinking cost money .

Now Eileen really would have_to settle_down to love honor and obey , and she 'd have_to quit drinking .

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[ noun ] the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

Examples

"drink was his downfall"

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

Among the boys , there is very little bravado about drinking .

Brooklyn_College is distinctive for not having an official drinking place .

The Fort_Lauderdale encampment for drinking is foreign to most Brooklyn_College boys .

(Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)

Prohibition was the law of the land , but it was unpopular ( how many of us oldsters took_up drinking in prohibition days , drinking was so gay , so fashionable , especially in the sophisticated Northeast ! )

Prohibition was the law of the land , but it was unpopular ( how many of us oldsters took_up drinking in prohibition days , drinking was so gay , so fashionable , especially in the sophisticated Northeast ! )

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