Dine

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Dine, v.
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.

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 dine

ROGET 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.