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The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids, see Drinking.
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).
Can also be used metaphorically, as in to drink in the scenery.

A beverage is a drink specifically prepared for human consumption. Almost always it largely consists of water. These include:

• Water, from the tap or from a bottle
• Juice
• Soft drinks
  • Lemonade
  • Carbonated drinks (generally called sodas in the Eastern U.S, pop in the Midwestern U.S., and cokes in the Southern U.S.), including just carbonated water
    * Cola
    * Ginger ale
    * Root beer
    * Cream soda
• Sports drinks
• Infusions
  • Coffee
  • Tea
• Dairy drinks, for example milk, yoghurt drink, chocolate milk, milkshake
• Alcoholic beverages
• Cocktails - mixed drinks
• Hot beverages, for example coffee, tea, hot chocolate, hot cider

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
• Yoghurt

See also: food, vacuum flask, Wikipedia Cocktail Guide.