dine

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/daɪn/

verb 3name 3noun 1

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(verb.)

ADV

al fresco

We decided to dine al fresco on the terrace because the weather was perfect that evening.

in style

Last night we dined in style at our favorite Italian restaurant with candlelight and champagne.

out

We usually dine out on Friday nights at our favorite Italian restaurant.

PREP

Last night we dined on roasted chicken and vegetables from the garden.

Definitions

verb

To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.

Brown accompanied his jolly landlord and the rest of his friends into the large and smoky kitchen, where this savoury mess reeked on an oaken table, massy enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry-men.

I dined them, treated them, listened to the truth of their hearts, stole their names and through this means bluffed and bartered my way into courthouse, palace and colonial manor.

To dine upon; to have to eat.

noun

Dinnertime.

name

A surname.

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Idioms & Phrases

dine on ashes

To mope over past defeats or failures.

His redemptive power — propels us forward. It will not allow us to continue dining on ashes. The journey is yet before us, with Him. There is yet much to be done. There are many su

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I dined them, treated them, listened to the truth of their hearts, stole their names and through this means bluffed and bartered my way into courthouse, palace and colonial manor.

Wiktionary

Why don't you dine out with me for a change?

Tatoeba · #40521

Let's dine out for a change.

Tatoeba · #40528

Would you dine with me?

Tatoeba · #62419

Let's dine at restaurant this evening.

Tatoeba · #243234

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, dine is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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