Entry Word: dine

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to take a meal <they dined elegantly at the city's finest restaurant before taking in an opera downtown>

Synonyms eat, fare, feed

Related Words banquet, feast, fete (or fête); board, mess; breakfast, lunch, sup; picnic

2 to entertain with a fancy meal <the advertising agency lavishly wines and dines prospective clients> — see feast