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Drinks & Beverages

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). more...

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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 juices
    • Nectars
    • Vegetable juices
    • Sap
      • Sugar cane juice
      • Maple sugar sap
      • Cactus juice
  • Soft drinks
    • Aguas frescas
    • Ades (non-carbonated, primarily sugar water)
      • Fruit drinks (Hi-C etc.)
      • Lemonade
      • Limeade
      • Orange drink (Tang etc.)
      • Squash
      • Powdered drinks (Kool-aid etc.)
      • Syrup drinks (Zarex etc.)
      • Frozen ades
        • Hawaiian Ice
        • Slush
        • Snow cone
    • Carbonated beverages
      • Carbonated water
      • Fermented soft drinks (in their original form, many are now made from syrup and carbonated water).
        • Cola (Coca-Cola etc.)
        • Birch beer
        • Dandelion and burdock
        • Ginger ale
        • Ginger beer
        • Moxie
        • Root beer
        • Sarsaparilla
      • Other carbonated soft drinks
        • Citrus soft drinks (7-up etc.)
        • Cream soda
        • Energy drink
        • Irn Bru
        • Kofola
  • Sports drinks (Gatorade etc.)
  • 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 beverages (which see for classification).
    • Non-alcoholic variants
      • Near beer
      • Non-alcoholic wine
      • Sparkling cider
  • Hot beverages, including infusions. Sometimes drunk chilled.
    • Coffee-based beverages
      • Cappucino
      • Coffee
      • Espresso
      • FrappĂ©
      • Flavored coffees (mocha etc.)
      • Iced coffee
      • Latte
    • Hot chocolate
    • Hot cider
      • Mulled cider
    • Tea-based beverages
      • Flavored teas (chai etc.)
      • Iced tea
      • Pearl milk tea
      • Tea
    • Herbal teas
    • Roasted grain beverages (Postum etc.)

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:

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