dineverb [ I ]
uk/daɪn/us/daɪn/formalto eat the main meal of the day, usually in the evening:
I hate dining alone.
We dined by candlelight.
He once dined with the president of France.
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Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- finish (sth) up
- gorge
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- snack
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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dine and dash
informal to eat a meal in a restaurant and then leave without paying:
If you dine and dash you risk being arrested.
Phrasal verb(s)
dine on/upon sth
dine out
dine out on sth