to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
to take any meal.
verb (used with object),dined,din·ing.
to entertain at dinner.
noun
Scot.dinner.
Verb Phrases
dine out,to take a meal, especially the principal or more formal meal of the day, away from home, as in a hotel or restaurant: They dine out at least once a week.
Origin of dine
1250–1300; Middle English dinen<Anglo-French, Old French di(s)ner<Vulgar Latin *disjējūnāre to break one's fast, equivalent to Latin dis-dis-1 + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune
OTHER WORDS FROM dine
pre·dine,verb (used without object),pre·dined,pre·din·ing.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH dine
deign, dine
Words nearby dine
Dinard, Dinaric, Dinaric Alps, din-din, d'Indy, dine, dine out, dine out on, diner, dinergate, dineric
In March, police arrested a group of wealthy businessmen and government officials who were about to dine on illegal tiger meat.
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When they do dine, the Hitchcocks sometimes use Limoges china marked “Plaza Athénée.”
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“When you attack public sector unions now, you are attacking the heart of the U.S. labor movement,” says Dine.
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He refused to dine with people, because he did not like being agitated during meal times.
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Lohse and his beleaguered fellow pledges were, he claims, forced to chug vinegar and to dine on the dreaded “vomlet.”
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I deliberately asked him to dine with me last night in London.
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We stop the night at Henzada, and dine on deck, shut off from the night by a glass partition.
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Sam 'top dar six months; de place near de riber, and de captains ob de ships often come to dine.
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Let us take a turn in the square,” said he, “we shall not dine for half an hour.
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In the evening Blinker went to one of his clubs, intending to dine.
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British Dictionary definitions for dine
dine
/ (daɪn) /
verb
(intr)to eat dinner
(intr; often foll by on, off, or upon)to make one's meal (of)the guests dined upon roast beef
(tr)informalto entertain to dinner (esp in the phrase wine and dine someone)
Word Origin for dine
C13: from Old French disner, contracted from Vulgar Latin disjējūnāre (unattested) to cease fasting, from dis- not + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune