Drink and Need

Drink

Drink verb - To swallow in liquid form.

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Need and drink are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a verb "Drink".

Nearby Words: drinking, drinkable, drinker

Need verb - To have as a requirement.

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Drink and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drink" instead a verb "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

human	human drink	human need
good	good drink	good need
special	special drink	special need
long	long drink	long need
Other adjectives: usual, certain, single, strong, actual, real, large, big, little, bad, new, national, last, occasional, different.

amount	drink amount	need amount
time	drink time	need time
way	drink way	need way
food	drink food	need food
Other words: blood, water, glasses.

In-organic creatures like bronze colossi and iron men don't need any, while Goblins just don't need to eat or drink (due to the idea that all of them should die a violent death).

Source: Perpetual-Motion Monster
I let 'im go 'cause good enemies iz 'ard to find, an' Orks need enemies ta fight like they need meat ta eat an' grog ta drink.

Source: Badass Boast / Tabletop Games
In Hardcore mode, it decreases the thirst meter like any other water bottle; it isn't enough to completely remove the need to collect and drink water, but it helps a lot.

Source: Game Breaker / Fallout

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