To drink means to swallow liquid. You drink water when you're thirsty, drink juice with breakfast, or drink hot chocolate on a cold day. Every living thing needs water: plants take in water through their roots, and animals travel to rivers and streams to drink.

The word describes the action itself: drinking from a cup, drinking through a straw, or drinking straight from a water fountain. You might take a quick drink between plays at soccer practice or slowly drink a milkshake while reading.

Drink also works as a noun, referring to the liquid itself. “Would you like a drink?” could mean water, lemonade, or any beverage. People might order a cold drink on a hot day or keep emergency drinks in their backpack during a hike.

The phrase drink in means to absorb something eagerly with your senses or mind, like when you drink in the sights at a museum or drink in every word of an exciting story. When something is fascinating, you drink it in the way you'd gulp down cold water after running hard: eagerly, completely, wanting every bit of it.