Verbs of eating and drinking

ablactate: gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
abstain: choose not to consume
accommodate: provide with something desired or needed
addict: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
address: address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
afford: be able to spare or give up
alcoholize: subject to the influence of alcohol
aliment: give nourishment to
allay: satisfy (thirst)
answer: be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
appease: overcome or allay
apply: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
assign: attribute or give
avail: use to one's advantage
avail: take or use
avoid: refrain from certain foods or beverages
banquet: partake in a feast or banquet
banquet: provide a feast or banquet for
bar hop: go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk
base: use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
be full: be sated, have enough to eat
befuddle: make stupid with alcohol
belt down: drink down entirely
bib: drink moderately but regularly
binge: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
board: provide food and lodging (for)
board: lodge and take meals (at)
bolt: swallow hastily
bolt down: eat a large amount of food quickly
bolt: eat hastily without proper chewing
booze: consume alcohol
bottlefeed: feed (infants) with a bottle
break bread: have a meal, usually with company
breakfast: eat an early morning meal
breakfast: provide breakfast for
breastfeed: give suck to
browse: eat lightly, try different dishes
brunch: eat a meal in the late morning
burn: use up (energy)
cannibalise: use parts of something to repair something else
cannibalise: eat human flesh
carry: be able to feed
carry: drink alcohol without showing ill effects
cater: supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets
cater: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
chain-smoke: smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one
champ: chafe at the bit, like horses
champ: chew noisily
chaw: chew without swallowing
chew: chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
claret: drink claret
cloy: cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
commercialize: exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality
conform to: fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction
consume: eat up completely, as with great appetite
consume: use up (resources or materials)
consume: serve oneself to, or consume regularly
consume: spend extravagantly
content: satisfy in a limited way
corn: feed (cattle) with corn
crave: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
crunch: chew noisily
cry: demand immediate action
degust: taste with relish
delight: take delight in
devour: eat greedily
diet: eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight
diet: follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons
dig in: eat heartily
digest: convert food into absorbable substances
dine: give dinner to; host for dinner
dine: have supper; eat dinner
dine in: eat at home
dine out: eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home
dip: dip into a liquid while eating
dish: provide (usually but not necessarily food)
dissipate: spend frivolously and unwisely
do drugs: use recreational drugs
dope: take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
drag: suck in or take (air)
drain: deplete of resources
drain the cup: drink to the last drop
drench: force to drink
drink: take in liquids
drink: propose a toast to
drink: drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
drive: cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
drop: take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
dry-nurse: take care of an infant without breastfeeding it
eat: take in solid food
eat: eat a meal; take a meal
eat up: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
eat: take in food; used of animals only
enjoy: have benefit from
exercise: put to use
expend: use up, consume fully
exploit: draw from; make good use of
exploit: use or manipulate to one's advantage
extend: use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
famish: be hungry; go without food
famish: die of food deprivation
famish: deprive of food
fare: eat well
fast: abstain from eating
fast: abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
fat: make fat or plump
feast: gratify
feed: provide as food
feed: feed into; supply
feed: serve as food for; be the food for
feed on: be sustained by
feed: give food to
feed: profit from in an exploitatory manner
fill: eat until one is sated
fill: fill to satisfaction
fire up: begin to smoke
fix up: find (something or someone) for
fodder: give fodder (to domesticated animals)
forage: wander and feed
force-feed: feed someone who will not or cannot eat
fress: eat a lot and without restraint
get down: pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
get off: get high, stoned, or drugged
give: propose
give up: stop consuming
go: be spent
go down: be ingested
go through: apply thoroughly; think through
go: to be spent or finished
grass: feed with grass
gratify: yield (to); give satisfaction to
guggle: drink from a flask with a gurgling sound
gulp: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
gum: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
gutter: provide with gutters
guzzle: drink greedily or as if with great thirst
habituate: take or consume (regularly or habitually)
harness: exploit the power of
have a ball: enjoy oneself greatly
help: help to some food; help with food or drink
hit it up: become drunk or drink excessively
horse: provide with a horse or horses
host: be the host of or for
huff: inhale recreational drugs
indulge: enjoy to excess
inebriate: make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
inhale: draw deep into the lungs in by breathing
inject: take by injection
inject: feed intravenously
keep: supply with necessities and support
lap: take up with the tongue
live in: live in the house where one works
live it up: enjoy oneself
live out: work in a house where one does not live
lunch: take the midday meal
lunch: provide a midday meal for
luxuriate: become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
mainline: inject into the vein
make hay: turn to one's advantage
malnourish: provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment
mess: eat in a mess hall
metabolise: produce by metabolism
milk: exploit as much as possible
mine: get from the earth by excavation
misapply: apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
need: have or feel a need for
need: have need of
nibble: eat intermittently; take small bites of
nosh: eat a snack; eat lightly
nourish: provide with nourishment
overdrive: make use of too often or too extensively
overexploit: exploit excessively
overextend: strain excessively
overfeed: feed excessively
pander: arrange for sexual partners for others
partake: consume
patronage: support by being a patron of
peck: eat like a bird
peck: eat by pecking at, like a bird
picnic: eat alfresco, in the open air
plank: cook and serve on a plank
play: use to one's advantage
ply: use diligently
pop: take drugs, especially orally
port: drink port
power: supply the force or power for the functioning of
predate: prey on or hunt for
predigest: digest (food) beforehand
puff: smoke and exhale strongly
pull out all the stops: use all resources available
put away: eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
quarry: extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
range: let eat
raven: feed greedily
receive: partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
recycle: use again after processing
regale: provide with choice or abundant food or drink
regurgitate: feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food
rehash: present or use over, with no or few changes
remount: provide with fresh horses
repose: put or confide something in a person or thing
reseed: maintain by seeding without human intervention
ruminate: chew the cuds
sample: take a sample of
scavenge: feed on carrion or refuse
shower: provide abundantly with
sip: drink in sips
skin pop: inject (drugs) into the skin
slop: feed pigs
slurp: eat noisily
smack: press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
smoke: inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
snort: inhale through the nose
sop up: take up as if with a sponge
sow one's oats: live promiscuously and self-indulgently
spare: use frugally or carefully
spoonfeed: feed with a spoon
spree: engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping
starve: deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
stomach: bear to eat
strip mine: extract (ore) from a strip-mine
suck: draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
suckle: suck milk from the mother's breasts
sup: take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
surfeit: indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
swill: drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
take away: buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
take in vain: use a name, such as God, without proper respect
tank: consume excessive amounts of alcohol
task: use to the limit
teetotal: practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages
underlay: provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
victual: take in nourishment
wallow: devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
wallow: delight greatly in
wash down: eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically
waste: use inefficiently or inappropriately
wine: treat to wine
wine: drink wine
wine and dine: provide with food and drink, usually lavishly
wine and dine: eat sumptuously
wolf: eat hastily