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Drinking

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Broader term 6

Consumption 76% connected

The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

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Ingestion 76% connected

The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.

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Intake 76% connected

The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.

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Intemperance 76% connected

The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passio…

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Intemperateness 76% connected

The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

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Uptake 76% connected

To take into the hand; to take up; to help.

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Narrower term 4

Gulping 76% connected

of Gulp

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Guzzling 76% connected

of Guzzle

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Potation 76% connected

The act of drinking.

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Swilling 76% connected

of Swill

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Derivationally related 6

Crapulent 74% connected

Alt. of Crapulous

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Crapulent 74% connected

Alt. of Crapulous

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Crapulous 74% connected

Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses.

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Crapulous 74% connected

Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses.

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Drink 74% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Drink 74% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Boozing 92% connected

of Booze

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Crapulence 92% connected

The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drink 92% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drunkenness 92% connected

The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Imbibing 92% connected

of Imbibe

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Imbibition 92% connected

The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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