dines

verb

present tense third-person singular of dine
1
as in eats
to take a meal they dined elegantly at the city's finest restaurant before taking in an opera downtown

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2
as in regales
to entertain with a fancy meal the advertising agency lavishly wines and dines prospective clients

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Recent Examples of dines The cocktails are available to any guest who dines at Broken Shaker. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 Every guest after the first 100 who dines in from Saturday through Monday can get a buy one, get one beef pepper rice. — Zacharia Washington, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026 Complimentary valet is available for anyone who dines at Toro Toro before or after a screening. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026 Anthony says one set of regulars, a Texas family with their own plane, flies into the nearby airport, dines, and then heads home. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026 Khabouth, who has met Bichette, says that roughly half the team regularly dines at Animl, which sits just a block and a half from the stadium, often stopping by after games. — Denny Alfonso, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026 As the director of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in Avondale, Maynard often dines in neighborhoods close to work, including Northside and Clifton. — Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025 As Thursday’s episode opens, Carrie dines alone at a futuristic Asian restaurant with robot waiters whizzing past. — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dines
  1. eats
  2. regales
  3. feeds
  4. honors
Verb
  • Some students from low-income families avoid taking free meals out of shame; if everyone eats for free, proponents say, that stigma goes away.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Savouring each mouthful, my father eats slowly, head tuned to the flavours in his mouth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of eats
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  • Trump regularly regales audiences with his prowess as a dealmaker by recounting conversations he's had with Macron about trade irritants, mimicking Macron's responses in an exaggerated accent.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
  • Aboard the boat, Terry regales his passengers with tales of the river, from namesake Twain to tragic Lovers' Leap just downstream of Hannibal.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 31 May 2026
Definition of regales
Verb
  • Different assumptions give different answers, and because each step feeds the next, the differences grow – what scientists call cascading uncertainty.
    — Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • That underdog context feeds into the implicit soft power competition between the Toho Godzilla releases and the American franchise from Legendary, which has spouted a whole Monsterverse involving King Kong and an accompanying TV show.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of feeds
Verb
  • Peach honors the fruit closely associated with the state, and white represents the dogwood, Georgia's state flower.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The recognition honors Endaya’s more than five decades of pioneering work in feminist and socially engaged art.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of honors

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“Dines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dines. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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