Food and Beverage

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. Drink is also slang for a body of water, such as an ocean or a water hazard on a golf course. To drink in is also used metaphorically, as in to drink in the scenery. A beverage is a drink specifically prepared for human consumption, except water. Beverages almost always largely consist of water. Water is essential for living, significantly more so than food.