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dine
1[ dahyn ]
verb (used without object)
- to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
- to take any meal.
verb (used with object)
- to entertain at dinner.
noun
- Scot. dinner.
verb phrase
- 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.
Dine
2[ dahyn ]
noun
- James Jim, born 1935, U.S. painter.
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
- informal.tr to entertain to dinner (esp in the phrase wine and dine someone )
Sensitive Note
Other Words From
- pre·dine verb (used without object) predined predining
Word History and Origins
Origin of dine1
Origin of dine2
Word History and Origins
Origin of dine1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with dine , also see eat (dine) out ; wine and dine .Example Sentences
The childcare crisis has only been exacerbated by the pandemic, which resulted in widespread dining room and daycare closures.
Memorabilia are laid out on the dining room table, a memory jog as Dec. 7 approaches: campaign medals, a photo with President Trump, a framed news clipping and a black-and-white of the USS Curtiss.
About 200 miles southeast in the community of Cobb, “the chandeliers in the dining room were shaking a little bit” at Adams Springs Golf Course, said Armond Urbano, who runs the pro shop there.
There’s something comforting about their suburban reliability: the sprawling menu, the faux-Texan aesthetic, the sizzling skillet of fajitas that makes everyone look up when it’s carried across the dining room.
Five other spaces, including a rooftop bar and casual dining area, have equally jaw-dropping vistas.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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