Drink

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 Beverage s (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

--- Bottled Water

--- Tap Water

--- Spring Water

Juice

--- Fruit Juice s

--- Nectars

--- Vegetable Juice s

--- Sap

-- Sugar Cane juice

-- Maple Sugar sap

-- Cactus juice

Soft Drink s

--- Aguas Frescas

--- Ade s (non- Carbonated , primarily Sugar Water )

-- Fruit Drinks ( Hi-C et al)

-- Lemonade

-- Limeade

-- Orange Drink ( Tang et al)

-- Squash

-- Powdered drinks ( Kool-aid et al)

-- Syrup drinks ( Zarex et al)

-- Frozen Ade s

- Hawaiian Ice

- Slush

- Snow Cone

--- Carbonated beverages

-- Carbonated Water

-- Fermented Soft Drink s (in their original form, many are now made from syrup and carbonated water).

- Cola ( Coca-Cola et al)

- Birch Beer

- Dandelion And Burdock

- Ginger Ale

- Ginger Beer

- Moxie

- Root Beer

- Sarsaparilla

-- Other Carbonated Soft Drink s

- Citrus Soft Drinks ( 7-up et al)

- Cream Soda

- Energy Drink

- Irn Bru

- Kofola

Sports Drink s ( Gatorade et al)

Dairy Drinks

--- Flavored Milk

-- Chocolate Milk

-- Ovaltine

--- Frozen Dairy Drinks

-- Float

-- Frappe

-- Milkshake

- Malted Milkshake

-- Smoothie

--- Cream

--- Eggnog

--- Horchata

--- Kumis

--- Milkshake

--- Milk

--- Yogurt drink

--- Yoo-hoo

--- Non-dairy variants

-- Almond Milk

-- Rice Milk

-- Soy Milk

Alcoholic Beverage s (which see for classification).

--- Non-alcoholic variants

-- Near Beer

-- Non-alcoholic Wine

-- Sparkling Cider

Hot Beverage s, including Infusion s. Sometimes drunk chilled.

--- Coffee -based beverages

-- Cappucino

-- Coffee

-- Espresso

-- Frappé

-- Flavored Coffee s ( Mocha et al).

-- Iced Coffee

-- Latte

--- Hot Chocolate

--- Hot Cider

-- Mulled Cider

--- Tea -based beverages

-- Flavored Tea s ( Chai et al).

-- Iced Tea

-- Pearl Milk Tea

-- Tea

--- Herbal Tea s

--- Roasted Grain beverages ( Postum et al).

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:

Soup

Yogurt

Hot beverages like coffee can cause Scalding when drunk before cooling, or spilled. See McDonald's Coffee Case .

SEE ALSO

Drinking

Food

Nutrition

List Of Cocktails

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