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Meaning of 'dine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dine [ v. i.]
- To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.
2 . Dine [ v. t.]
- To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men.
- To dine upon; to have to eat.

Meaning of 'dine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dine [ v]
Meaning (1):
- give dinner to; host for dinner
Example in sentence:
  • I'm wining and dining my friends
Meaning (2):
- have supper; eat dinner
Example in sentence:
  • We often dine with friends in this restaurant

Nearby Words:

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