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 →

2) Drunk describes a person who has had too much alcohol and cannot think, speak or move properly. tree →

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 →
• Has the cat drunk its milk? tree →
• We had drunk the whole bottle of water by lunch. tree →
• The man was drunk and fell over. tree →
• Drunk driving is very dangerous and against the law. tree →
• Alcohol can make people drunk. tree →
• Sometimes even greater people than the peasants get drunk. tree →

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.
• Chemicals must never be poured into drinks bottles; people have drunk them by mistake from juice and water bottles.
• "Under the influence" means drunk or on drugs.
• Calling someone a liar or a drunk is rude, so people reach for softer words.
• "Tired and emotional" is a British joke meaning drunk.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «drunk» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.