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# drunk

«drunk» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past participle of «drink»: «I have drunk my milk»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past participle of drink: drunk); adjective (drunk)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Drunk is the past participle of «drink»: «I have drunk my milk». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drunk/#m1)

2) Drunk describes a person who has had too much alcohol and cannot think, speak or move properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drunk/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In grammar lessons pupils learn drink, drank, drunk: «yesterday I drank», «I have drunk». In health and safety lessons alcohol is not for children; drunk people may be unsteady and act strangely; never get into a car with a drunk driver and tell a trusted adult if you feel unsafe. Phrases: have drunk, get drunk, drunk driving.

### examples

- I have drunk all my juice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drunk/#x1)
- Has the cat drunk its milk? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drunk/#x2)
- We had drunk the whole bottle of water by lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drunk/#x3)
- The man was drunk and fell over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drunk/#x4)
- Drunk driving is very dangerous and against the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drunk/#x5)
- Alcohol can make people drunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drunk/#x6)
- Sometimes even greater people than the peasants get drunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drunk/#x7)

### note

Grammar trap: drink – drank – drunk. Say «I drank it yesterday» (not «I drunk it») and «I have drunk it» (not «I have drank it»). Alcohol is harmful to children; it is illegal to sell it to them.

### In the corpora

- [Drunk means so much alcohol that balance, speech and judgement stop working properly; drunk people can fall, fight and act unpredictably.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/13/)
- [Chemicals must never be poured into drinks bottles; people have drunk them by mistake from juice and water bottles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/25-cleaning-chemicals-safety/15/)
- ["Under the influence" means drunk or on drugs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/12/)
- [Calling someone a liar or a drunk is rude, so people reach for softer words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/0/)
- ["Tired and emotional" is a British joke meaning drunk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «drunk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drunk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.