dine

[ dahyn ]

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verb (used without object),dined, din·ing.

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

Other definitions for Dine (2 of 3)

Dine

[ dahyn ]

noun

James "Jim", born 1935, U.S. painter.

Other definitions for Diné (3 of 3)

Diné

[ dih-ney ]

noun,plural Di·nés, (especially collectively) Di·né.

a member of the Navajo people.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the Navajo, their language, or their culture: handcrafted Diné jewelry.

Origin of Diné

First recorded in 1915–20; a self-designation meaning “The People”; see also Navajo

usage note For Diné

The name Diné comes from the Native Athabascan language of the tribe, and it is preferred by many over Navajo, a name assigned by Spanish missionaries. Nevertheless, Navajo and Navaho are still in use and remain acceptable.

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How to use dine in a sentence

After Barclays, the delegates were wined and dined throughout the city.
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Over the last year I have dined with our Brown Bag Sommelier and he has prepared some tastings for our dining group.
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Page Six says they dined on mussel soup, crayfish and artichoke risotto at a tony Venetian restaurant.
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Were you showered with gifts, wined and dined by your beloved?
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Gang members ordered hits from inside the jail and dined on salmon and Grey Goose vodka that was smuggled in on their behalf.
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The servants had cleared away and washed up the dinner-things, and had dined themselves.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold Bennett
My companion and I had dined at the Gweedore Hotel, where we were staying for the night.
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The people dined by candlelight, and the darkness of the night is represented as Egyptian.
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At 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. Murison
Valerie 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

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) informal to entertain to dinner (esp in the phrase wine and dine someone)

Origin of 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

Collins 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

dine

In addition to the idiom beginning with dine

dine out on

also see:

eat (dine) out
wine and dine

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