Drinking

  • 11drinking — drink|ing [ drıŋkıŋ ] noun uncount ** the activity of drinking alcohol: Andy goes out drinking every Friday. have a drinking problem (=regularly drink too much alcohol): She vehemently denies that she has a drinking problem …

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  • 12Drinking — Drink Drink (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Drank} (dr[a^][ng]k), formerly {Drunk} (dr[u^][ng]k); & p. p. {Drunk}, {Drunken} ( n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drinking}. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the …

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  • 13drinking — n. 1) excessive; hard, heavy drinking 2) a bout of drinking * * * [ drɪŋkɪŋ] hard heavydrinking about of excessive …

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  • 14drinking */*/ — UK [ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] the activity of drinking alcohol Andy goes out drinking every Friday …

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  • 15drinking — noun 1. the act of consuming liquids (Freq. 10) • Syn: ↑imbibing, ↑imbibition • Derivationally related forms: ↑imbibe (for: ↑imbibition), ↑imbibe ( …

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  • 16drinking — [[t]drɪ̱ŋkɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Someone s drinking friends or companions are people they regularly drink alcohol with. → See also drink …

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  • 17drinking — [ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ] noun [U] the activity of drinking alcohol …

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  • 18Drinking water quality in the United States — is a source of concern about pollutants in certain localities. In 2006, 89.3 percent of the nation s community water systems were in compliance with all of more than 90 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards.[1]:220 Most of the… …

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  • 19Drinking bird — Render of two Drinking Birds Classification Heat engines Application Toy, Scientific demonstration …

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  • 20Drinking water quality standards — describes the quality parameters set for drinking water . Despite the truism that every human on this planet needs drinking water to survive and that water can contain many harmful constituents, there are no universally recognised and accepted… …

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