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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
/ 岹ɪ /
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 Word Forms
- ·徱Ա 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 lockdown of restaurants followed by a reduced interest in dining out led restaurateurs and chefs to pivot from open kitchens to sandwich counters.”
The lush motif is carried outdoors to the deck off of the kitchen, where the hillside’s palm trees, bougainvillea and citrus provide shade for the dining table and chairs.
David's fictional meeting with Adolf Hitler echoes many of the points that Maher has made in the days since he dined with Trump.
Thus, their dining room may be empty one night and swamped the next.
Our toddler’s diaper pail in the hollow of a crawl space mixed with the remnants of the dining room.
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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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