verb
dine
DYNE/daɪn/
To eat dinner or a formal meal.
The two women dine at a neatly set table.
Etymology
Old French disner originally meant taking the first meal of the day. English dine came to emphasize the chief meal, providing the basis for its association with dinner.
In context
others would steal the leopard's kill so it seeks a safe place to dine and the safest place is its home tree
More examples
- We dined early before the concert.
- She invited us to dine at her home.
- The guests dined in the formal hall.
Forms
dine · dines · dined · dining
diner noun — a person eating a meal
dining noun — the activity of eating a meal