Commentary:
NOTE: while alcohol is a liquid, there is a specific sense for consumption of alcoholic beverages; see sense 2
Examples:
Drink lots of water on a hot day.
At the picnic the children drank lemonade.
The colt drank its milk thirstily.
The cut roses are drinking their water nicely. (figurative extension)
Bob drank three glasses of orange juice.
Mappings:
VerbNet: eat-39.1-2
FrameNet: Ingestion
PropBank: drink.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2
Commentary:
NOTE: this is a subsense of sense 1; the "alcohol" is often omitted from the sentence, but is inferred
NOTE: compare carefully to sense 4
Examples:
His father drank himself to death.
His religion forbids him to drink or smoke.
The two sailors drank themselves into a stupor in one of the little bars along the docks.
The woman drinks and beats her kids.
I have stopped drinking for lent.
I don't smoke, I drink occasionally.
Mappings:
VerbNet: eat-39.1-2
FrameNet: Ingestion
PropBank: drink.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary:
NOTE: implies a sentient being
Examples:
We stood on the cliffs, drinking in the view of the Pacific Ocean.
He drank in her words of love.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary:
NOTE: examples in this sense may be subsets of sense 2 if drinking alcohol is done for a toast, choose this sense
Examples:
I'll drink to that!
Let's drink to the happiness of the bride and groom.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: drink.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary:
NOTE: describes how something tastes to someone
Examples:
This 1985 Cabernet drinks beautifully!
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM