'Dining' definitions:
Definition of 'dining'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of eating dinner
Definition of 'Dining'
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 'Dining'
From: GCIDE
- Dining \Din"ing\, n. & a. from Dine, a. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Used either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, dining hall or dining-hall, dining room, dining table, etc. [1913 Webster] dining-hall dininghall
Synonyms of 'dining'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appetite,
- cannibal,
- cannibalism,
- cannibalistic,
- carnivorism,
- carnivority,
- carnivorous,
- carnivorousness,
- chewing,
- commensal,
- consumption,
- cropping,
- deglutition,
- devouring,
- devourment,
- dietetic,
- dieting,
- eating,
- epulation,
- feasting,
- feeding,
- flesh-eating,
- fruitarian,
- gastronomic,
- gluttonous,
- gluttony,
- gobbling,
- grain-eating,
- graminivorous,
- granivorous,
- grass-eating,
- grazing,
- herbivorism,
- herbivority,
- herbivorous,
- herbivorousness,
- hunger,
- ingestion,
- insect-eating,
- insectivorous,
- lactovegetarian,
- licking,
- man-eating,
- manducation,
- mastication,
- meat-eating,
- mensal,
- messing,
- munching,
- nibbling,
- nourishing,
- nutrition,
- nutritious,
- omnivorism,
- omnivorous,
- omnivorousness,
- omophagous,
- omophagy,
- pantophagous,
- pantophagy,
- pasture,
- pasturing,
- pecking,
- phytivorous,
- phytophagous,
- plant-eating,
- postprandial,
- prandial,
- predacious,
- preprandial,
- regalement,
- relishing,
- rumination,
- savoring,
- tasting,
- vegetable-eating,
- vegetarian,
- vegetarianism,
- wolfing