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Dine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Dine has 2 senses
- dine(v = verb.consumption) Array - have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant" is one way to eat
- dine(v = verb.consumption) Array - give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends" is one way to feed, give
Derived forms noun diner3, noun diner2, noun diner1, noun dining1, noun dinner1, noun dinner2
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue Dine
Derived forms noun diner3, noun diner2, noun dinner1, noun dinner2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Dine, v.
1 intr. eat dinner.
2 tr. give dinner to.
1 intr. eat dinner.
2 tr. give dinner to.
Idiom
dine out
1 dine away from home.
2 (foll. by on) be entertained to dinner etc. on account of (one's ability to relate an interesting event, story, etc.). dining-car a railway carriage equipped as a restaurant. dining-room a room in which meals are eaten.
1 dine away from home.
2 (foll. by on) be entertained to dinner etc. on account of (one's ability to relate an interesting event, story, etc.). dining-car a railway carriage equipped as a restaurant. dining-room a room in which meals are eaten.
Etymology
ME f. OF diner, disner, ult. f. DIS- + LL jejunare f. jejunus fasting
THESAURUS
Dine
banquet, board, bread, break bread, break bread with, breakfast, cook out, dine out, dinner, eat, eat out, feast, feed, fodder, forage, grass, gratify, graze, lunch, meat, mess, mess with, nibble, nosh, pasture, picnic, provision, regale, satisfy, sup, sustain, wine and dineROGET THESAURUS
Dine
Food
VB eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take, gulp, bolt, snap, fall to, despatch, dispatch, discuss, take down, get down, gulp down, lay in, tuck in, lick, pick, peck, gormandize, bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble, live on, feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon, browse, graze, crop, regale, carouse, eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet, break bread, break one's fast, breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup, drink in, drink up, drink one's fill, quaff, sip, sup, suck, suck up, lap, swig, swill, chugalug, tipple, empty one's glass, drain the cup, toss off, toss one's glass, wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle, purvey.
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