In “I will drink water,” the ordinary meanings of water and drinking are both applicable and in active use. Without a relevant indication, replacing either with an unrelated sense is not sound interpretation.
«وحقيقة مستعملة»
And a literal sense that remains in ordinary use.
This is living literal usage. If a well-established figurative sense also exists, further rules determine the preference. One must consider not only whether a literal act is possible, but whether the literal sense remains active in the language community.
«في القسمين الأولين يصار إلى المجاز بالاتفاق»
The first two categories admit figurative interpretation by agreement.
Impossible and abandoned literal usage give way to an appropriate figurative sense; living usage ordinarily retains the literal sense, with a disagreement where a conventional metaphor also exists.