noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of spirit form-of, plural
2. 2
   Distilled alcoholic beverages. Australia, New-Zealand, UK, plural, plural-only
3. 3
   an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of spirit form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

All synonyms

alcoholic drinkboozehard drinkhard liquorliquorliquor

Example

More examples

"The rain dampened their spirits."

Related phrases

animal spiritsardent spiritsmethylated spiritsmineral spiritsneutral spiritsrectified spiritswood spirits

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