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 beverages (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

Orange juice

* 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 et al)
*** Lemonade
*** Limeade
*** Orange drink (Tang et al)
*** Squash
*** Powdered drinks (Kool-aid et al)
*** Syrup drinks (Zarex et al)
*** Frozen ades
**** Hawaiian Ice
**** Slush
**** Snow cone

Vanilla-flavored Coca-Cola

** Carbonated beverages
*** Carbonated water
*** Fermented soft drinks (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 drinks
**** Citrus soft drinks (7-up et al)
**** Cream soda
**** Energy drink
**** Irn Bru
**** Kofola
* Sports drinks (Gatorade et al)

A glass of milk

* 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.

A small cup of coffee

** Coffee-based beverages
*** Cappucino
*** Coffee
*** Espresso
*** Frappé
*** Flavored coffees (mocha et al).
*** Iced coffee
*** Latte
** Hot chocolate
** Hot cider
*** Mulled cider
** Tea-based beverages
*** Flavored teas (chai et al).
*** Iced tea
*** Pearl milk tea
*** Tea
** Herbal teas
** 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