dine

Meanings

Verb

have supper; eat dinner
- "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"
give dinner to; host for dinner
To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
To dine upon; to have to eat.

Noun

Dinnertime.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English dynen, from Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre (“to eat breakfast”), from *disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.

Synonyms

dinner

Scrabble Score: 5

dine is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
dine is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dine is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

dine is a valid Words With Friends word