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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
Tó Nizhóní Ání means “sacred water speaks” in Horseherder’s native Diné or Navajo.
If you’re in northern Arizona, for instance, you might tell your kids that you’re on the homelands of the Diné people, then explain how the constellations traditionally help structure Diné life.
Silver Stallion cofounder Scott Nydam and Diné photographer Shaun Price take us behind the wheel of the shop and explain the group’s mission to address systemic inequities in the community.
In March, police arrested a group of wealthy businessmen and government officials who were about to dine on illegal tiger meat.
When they do dine, the Hitchcocks sometimes use Limoges china marked “Plaza Athénée.”
“When you attack public sector unions now, you are attacking the heart of the U.S. labor movement,” says Dine.
He refused to dine with people, because he did not like being agitated during meal times.
Lohse and his beleaguered fellow pledges were, he claims, forced to chug vinegar and to dine on the dreaded “vomlet.”
After we had engaged our rooms, we drove back to the hotel where Liszt was staying, and where we were to dine immediately.
“Master and Mr. Pickwick is a going to dine here at five,” replied the fat boy.
We dine late, and as there are a good many boarders, it takes some time always to change the plates.
At the office he very wisely told the story to the other gentlemen there, with whom he was to dine next day.
I've heard my father say that at the big hotels at Atlantic City and other places they have a band play while the people dine.
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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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