'Dine' definitions:
Definition of 'dine'
(from WordNet)
verb
Have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"
verb
Give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"
Definition of 'Dine'
From: GCIDE
- Dine \Dine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dined; p. pr. & vb. n. Dining.] [F. d[^i]ner, OF. disner, LL. disnare, contr. fr. an assumed disjunare; dis- + an assumed junare (OF. juner) to fast, for L. jejunare, fr. jejunus fasting. See Jejune, and cf. Dinner, {D?jeuner}.] To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner. [1913 Webster]
- Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner; -- a phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dine'
From: GCIDE
- Dine \Dine\, v. t.
- 1. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men. [1913 Webster]
- A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [Obs.] "What will ye dine." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'dine'
From: Easton
- Dine (Gen. 43:16). It was the custom in Egypt to dine at noon. But it is probable that the Egyptians took their principal meal in the evening, as was the general custom in the East (Luke 14:12).
Synonyms of 'dine'
From: Moby Thesaurus