Definitions for dine
daɪndine

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dineverb

   have supper; eat dinner

   "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"

2. dineverb

   give dinner to; host for dinner

   "I'm wining and dining my friends"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dineverb

   to eat; to eat dinner or supper

2. dineverb

   To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.

   A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. uE000113468uE001 Sir Walter Scott.

3. dineverb

   To dine upon; to have to eat.

   What wol ye dine? uE000113469uE001 Chaucer.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Dineverb

   To give a dinner to; to feed.

   Boil this restoring root in gen’rous wine,
   And set beside the door the sickly stock to dine. John Dryden, Virg.

2. To DINEverb

   To eat the chief meal about the middle of the day.

   Etymology: diner, French.

   Perhaps some merchant hath invited him,
   And from the mart he’s somewhere gone to dinner:
   Good sister, let us dine, and never fret. William Shakespeare.

   Myself, he, and my sister,
   To-day did dine together. William Shakespeare, Comedy of Errours.

   He would dine with him the next day. Edward Hyde.

   Thus, of your heroes and brave boys,
   With whom old makes such noise,
   The greatest actions I can find,
   Are, that they did their work and din’d. Matthew Prior.

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1. dine

   To dine refers to the act of eating a meal, typically dinner, in a formal, casual, or social setting. It can also mean to entertain someone by providing them a meal.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dineverb

   to eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner

2. Dineverb

   to give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men

3. Dineverb

   to dine upon; to have to eat

4. Etymology: [F. dner, 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, Djeuner.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dine

   dīn, v.i. to take dinner.—v.t. to give a dinner to.—n. (obs.) dinner-time.—ns. Din′er-out, one who goes much to dinner-parties; Dinette′, a preliminary dinner, luncheon; Din′ing-hall; Din′ing-room; Din′ing-tā′ble.—Dine out, to dine elsewhere than at home; Dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without a meal, like those who, unable to procure a dinner, loitered about Duke Humphrey's Walk in Old St Paul's. [O. Fr. disner (Fr. dîner)—Low L. disjunāre, for disjejunāre, to break one's fast—L. dis-, and jejunus, fasting (cf. Déjeuner). Others explain disnare as from decenāre—L. de, inten., and cenāre, to dine.]

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1. DINE

   What does DINE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DINE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DINE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dine is ranked #27974 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Dine surname appeared 857 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dine.
   
   91.3% or 783 total occurrences were White.
   2.6% or 23 total occurrences were Black.
   2.5% or 22 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.1% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.1% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Eat
   • Feed

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Anagrams for dine »

1. dein

2. deni

3. Enid

4. iDEN

5. IndE

6. Nide

7. nide

How to pronounce dine?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say dine in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dine in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of dine in a Sentence

1. Bryan Fuller:

   NBC has allowed us to craft a television series that no other broadcast network would have dared, and kept us on the air for three seasons despite Cancelation Bear Chow ratings and images that would have shredded the eyeballs of lesser Standards Practices enforcers, [NBC Entertainment exec] Jen Salke and her team have been fantastic partners and creatively supportive beyond measure. 'Hannibal' is finishing his last course at NBC's table this summer, but a hungry cannibal can always dine again. And personally, I look forward to my next meal with NBC.

2. Christina Cassotis:

   We do not believe that this poses any additional safety threats, it’s like just having more airline passengers going through because they go through the same vetting process. WHY YOU SHOULD N'T SLEEP DURING TAKEOFF OR LANDING According to Christina Cassotis, the changes were instituted to allow companions of passengers to dine or shop in the terminals, or to escort their family and friends to their gates. In doing so, the program has become the first of its kind since the events of 9/11 — a fact that’s is n’t lost on the APFA.

3. Sidi Ould Ibrahim Sidat:

   The attacks were caused by Islamists ... that are opposed to the peace deal, aQIM, MUJWA and Ansar Dine have even met to put in place a coalition.

4. Sanjay Bhandari:

   Eat and dine with your relatives; never do any business with them

5. Rodney Eckerman:

   You can dine quickly, it’s an affordable lunch experience, and we use a Roman-style pizza so you can eat the whole thing and not feel like you need to go back to the office and take a nap.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dine
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dine
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dine
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dine
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dine
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=dine