drinking

1. The act of consuming liquids (synset 100844789)
   is a type of: consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
   subtypes:

   • gulping, guzzling, swilling - the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly
   • potation - the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink)
   same as: imbibing, imbibition
2. The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess (synset 100749813)
   "drink was his downfall"
   is a type of: intemperance, intemperateness - consumption of alcoholic drinks
   subtypes: drinking bout - a long period of drinking
   same as: boozing, crapulence, drink, drunkenness

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