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dine

daɪn
WordNet
A Jewish family at the dining table. The mother lights a candlestick with six wicks. The man blesses the meal with the traditional Kiddush.
A Jewish family at the dining table. The mother lights a candlestick with six wicks. The man blesses the meal with the traditional Kiddush.
  1. (v) dine
    give dinner to; host for dinner "I'm wining and dining my friends"
  2. (v) dine
    have supper; eat dinner "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"
Illustrations
Part of a dining room with Renaissance style draped curtains. Print from 225th Livraison.
Part of a dining room with Renaissance style draped curtains. Print from 225th Livraison.
A dining room with 18 people around an elaborately set table. On the far left a French couple with a child, next to them two Chinese servants. At the table from left to right an English couple, two Dutch men, a German couple and Americans on the far right. Through the open window a view of a ship (Yokohama-e).
A dining room with 18 people around an elaborately set table. On the far left a French couple with a child, next to them two Chinese servants. At the table from left to right an English couple, two Dutch men, a German couple and Americans on the far right. Through the open window a view of a ship (Yokohama-e).
Marble relief depicting Bacchus and his entourage entering a triclinium, a formal dining room in a Roman house. A couple lies on a Klē (a sofa bed). In the retinue of Bacchus, among other things, a satyr who blows a double flute.
Marble relief depicting Bacchus and his entourage entering a triclinium, a formal dining room in a Roman house. A couple lies on a Klē (a sofa bed). In the retinue of Bacchus, among other things, a satyr who blows a double flute.
Dining room facing north with a table and chairs in the center of the room. To the left of the wall are tables and the walls are decorated with paintings. The walls are fitted with paneling and colored wallpaper. On the sandstone fireplace is the inscription: "east west home best". Above the mantelpiece a coat of arms. The ceiling appears to be finished with slatted paneling. This room is currently divided into two office spaces.
Dining room facing north with a table and chairs in the center of the room. To the left of the wall are tables and the walls are decorated with paintings. The walls are fitted with paneling and colored wallpaper. On the sandstone fireplace is the inscription: "east west home best". Above the mantelpiece a coat of arms. The ceiling appears to be finished with slatted paneling. This room is currently divided into two office spaces.
A group of drunk men are sitting at the dining table. A man is standing on a chair and throws his glass into the air. Another sleeps with his head on the table. Part of the 'Nelri' series after pastels by Cornelis Troost.
A group of drunk men are sitting at the dining table. A man is standing on a chair and throws his glass into the air. Another sleeps with his head on the table. Part of the 'Nelri' series after pastels by Cornelis Troost.
De Middag: interior with an elegantly dressed couple dining at a richly filled table. Behind the woman is a jester. Through the window you can see a field on which farmers harvest corn. In the margin a six-line caption, in two columns, in Latin referring to midday.
De Middag: interior with an elegantly dressed couple dining at a richly filled table. Behind the woman is a jester. Through the window you can see a field on which farmers harvest corn. In the margin a six-line caption, in two columns, in Latin referring to midday.
Dining room furniture consisting of a sideboard, a table, an armchair and six chairs with brown leather covers
Dining room furniture consisting of a sideboard, a table, an armchair and six chairs with brown leather covers
Design for the tapestry View of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, for the dining room of the ship PC Hooft, executed by JF Semey.
Design for the tapestry View of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, for the dining room of the ship PC Hooft, executed by JF Semey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
In Chinese dining, duck sauce is almost never used on duck.
  1. Dine
    To dine upon; to have to eat. "What will ye dine ."
  2. Dine
    To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner. "Now can I break my fast, dine , sup, and sleep."
  3. Dine
    To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men. "A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. dine
    To eat the chief meal of the day; take dinner; in a more general sense, to partake of a repast; eat.
  2. dine
    To give a dinner to; furnish with the principal meal; entertain at dinner: as, the landlord dined a hundred men.
  3. dine
    To dine upon; have to eat.
  4. (n) dine
    Dinner.
  5. (n) dine
    Dinner-time; midday.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.i) Dine
    dīn to take dinner
  2. (v.t) Dine
    to give a dinner to
  3. (n) Dine
    (obs.) dinner-time
Quotations
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
Virginia Woolf
Benjamin Franklin
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
Benjamin Franklin
Laugh and the world laughs with you, be prompt and you dine alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, but has trouble enough of its own.
Gerald Barzan
Alexander Pope
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Alexander Pope
Idioms

Dine on ashes - I someone is dining on ashes he or she is excessively focusing attention on failures or regrets for past actions.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F. dîner, 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

Usage in the news

Squab was a relatively common item on fine-dining menus 10 years ago, but it has since fallen out of favor. nrn.com

Didier Krzentowski and his wife, Clémence, in the dining room of their Paris flat. dwell.com

A top notch dining experience made it's debut on Monday night. kbn.com

A top-notch dining experience made its debut on Monday night. kbn.com

Wanting to revamp the dining hall, The Citadel began renovations last May and focused on warm, welcoming colors and opting for much more subtle Citadel paraphernalia. charlestoncitypaper.com

This classic Italian pasta is so rich and flavorful, it's worth the occasional indulgence–and not just when you're dining out. mensfitness.com

The Student Center food court at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will open a series of new dining options as part of its 10-year contract extension with Chartwells. food-management.com

Seattle Times food writer Nancy Leson serves up the best info and tips on Northwest food, cooking, dining and restaurants. blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com

One man's experiment in true farm-to-table dining. nymag.com

The sauces and specialties you carry home are prepared with the same care and artistry as when you dine in the restaurant. sptimes.com

There's a hot new trend that artfully intertwines theater and dining, and its curtain is rising in Chicago. chicagotribune.com

"There's 2 more sets upstairs, 2 sets in the dining room and then this one," he says, smiling. abclocal.go.com

An order of saganaki comes with a cry of surprise from someone in the dining room and a fireball straight out of a disaster flick. ashingtonpost.com

Norbert Buchholz celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by family, friends and staff at Jewish Community Services' (JCS) Congregate Dining Facility at the Michael- Ann Russell Jewish Community Center. communitynewspapers.com

Men seen mingling, dining with partygoers before Ceres robbery. kcra.com

Usage in scientific papers

Another possibility is modified version of Affleck-Dine baryogenesis with LHu flat direction which takes place after thermal inflation .
Late-time Affleck-Dine baryogenesis after thermal inflation

In this paper detailed analysis of the Affleck-Dine mechanism after thermal inflation has been performed.
Late-time Affleck-Dine baryogenesis after thermal inflation

We thank Michael Dine, Marta Losada, Michael Peskin, Antonio Riotto, Esteban Roulet, and Adam Schwimmer for useful discussions.
The importance of N2 leptogenesis

The LDA model produced clear topics that correspond to check-in, but noisy topics for location and rooms with location topics often specific to a single locale (e.g., Paris) and room topics often mixed with service, dining and hotel lobby terms.
Modeling Online Reviews with Multi-grain Topic Models

We illustrate the difference with the well-known example of the dining philosophers.
Explicit fairness in testing semantics

Usage in literature

Their good dinners they ate in the hotel dining room when not invited to dine with married sons or daughters or friends. "Gigolo" by Edna Ferber

Ordinarily he carries a musket, sleeps and dines with his subordinates, and is not above traveling on foot. "The Citizen-Soldier" by John Beatty

The three dined together in the big dining-room almost in silence. "The Hand in the Dark" by Arthur J. Rees

I dined with Mr Oetling. "Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863" by Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle

And there was a dining-room, solely for eating, and a drawing-room. "Clayhanger" by Arnold Bennett

This is the dining-room; above it is my bedroom; above it again is my library. "Gryll Grange" by Thomas Love Peacock

Admiral Gamble came off to see me and afterwards dined. "Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2" by Ian Hamilton

Ten minutes after they were at dinner in the little dining-room on the ground-floor. "The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII." by Guy de Maupassant

Are you dining with any one to-night? "The Lure of the Mask" by Harold MacGrath

He accepted invitations to dine with both uncle and niece. "Oswald Langdon" by Carson Jay Lee

Usage in poetry
Fair maid or Minister I dine,
Toast Rome or Alma Venus:
When Lydia will not kiss my wine,
Why, then, I ask Maecenas.
"The Reply Of Q. Horatius Flaccus To A Roman "Round-Robin"" by Alfred Austin Author object (26)
I thank thee more for goodly wine,
That wise as Omar I may be,
Or Horace when he went to dine
With Lydia or with Lalage.
"Thanksgiving" by Bliss William Carman Author object (81)

All the talk of dining, wining,
Discontented people whining,
All my pretty houses scatter
All my noble castles scatter.
"The House Of Cards" by Dora Sigerson Shorter Author object (144)
"Wilt thou be usher of my hall,
To wait upon my nobles all?
Or wilt be taster of my wine,
To 'tend on me when I shall dine?
"The Lady Turned Serving-Man" by Anonymous British
--"O stay at hame, my ain gude lord,
O stay, my ain dear marrow."--
"Sweetest mine, I will be thine,
And dine wi' you to-morrow."
"The Braes O' Yarrow" by Henry Morley Author object (291)
See the banquet's dead bouquet,
Fair and fragrant in its day;
Do they read the selfsame lines,--
He that fasts and he that dines?
"Programme" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Author object (518)