dine
to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
to take any meal.
Scot. dinner.
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
1Other words from dine
- pre·dine, verb (used without object), pre·dined, pre·din·ing.
Words that may be confused with dine
- deign, dine
Other definitions for Dine (2 of 3)
James "Jim", born 1935, U.S. painter.
Other definitions for Diné (3 of 3)
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Navajo, their language, or their culture: handcrafted Diné jewelry.
Origin of Diné
3usage note For Diné
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How to use dine in a sentence
After Barclays, the delegates were wined and dined throughout the city.
DINO Hunters Are Dreaming Hipster Dreams of the DNC in Brooklyn | David Freedlander | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOver the last year I have dined with our Brown Bag Sommelier and he has prepared some tastings for our dining group.
Page Six says they dined on mussel soup, crayfish and artichoke risotto at a tony Venetian restaurant.
Venice Wedding Bells for George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWere you showered with gifts, wined and dined by your beloved?
Gang members ordered hits from inside the jail and dined on salmon and Grey Goose vodka that was smuggled in on their behalf.
Can Maryland Clean Up Out-of-Control Baltimore Jail Corruption? | David Freedlander | April 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The servants had cleared away and washed up the dinner-things, and had dined themselves.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettMy companion and I had dined at the Gweedore Hotel, where we were staying for the night.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe people dined by candlelight, and the darkness of the night is represented as Egyptian.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAt the castle, Douglas found only the porter and the cook; and so he barred the gates, and dined at leisure.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonValerie dined daily in the salon with Madame de Condillac and Marius, but her other meals were served her in her own apartments.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for dine
/ (daɪn) /
(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) informal to entertain to dinner (esp in the phrase wine and dine someone)
Origin of dine
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with dine
In addition to the idiom beginning with dine
- dine out on
also see:
- eat (dine) out
- wine and dine
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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