Definitions for Dine

Dine dine

Spelling: [dahyn]
IPA: /daɪn/

Dine is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in Dine (dein).

Definitions for Dine

noun

  1. Scot. dinner.
  2. James ("Jim") born 1935, U.S. painter.

Verb phrases

  1. dine out, to take a meal, especially the principal or more formal meal of the day, away from home, as in a hotel or restaurant:

verb (used with object)

  1. to entertain at dinner.

verb (used without object)

  1. to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
  2. to take any meal.

Origin of Dine

1250-1300; Middle English dinen Anglo-French, Old French di(s)ner Vulgar Latin *disjējūnāre to break one's fast, equivalent to Latin dis- dis-1 + Late Latin

Examples for Dine

He refused to dine with people, because he did not like being agitated during meal times.

Lohse and his beleaguered fellow pledges were, he claims, forced to chug vinegar and to dine on the dreaded “vomlet.”

But then he might be only marking time to let that guzzling Cheeseman dine at his leisure.

In March, police arrested a group of wealthy businessmen and government officials who were about to dine on illegal tiger meat.

They were accustomed to see him in a more genial mood when he had a friend to dine.

"Then come and dine here," said Dick, unable to refuse a neighbour hospitality.

The family were to dine early, to get away soon after dinner.

It was six o'clock when he got to London, and he went into a coffee-house to dine.

When they do dine, the Hitchcocks sometimes use Limoges china marked “Plaza Athénée.”

“When you attack public sector unions now, you are attacking the heart of the U.S. labor movement,” says dine.

Word Value for Dine
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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