dine

Universal Words verb [V] (formal) to eat dinner: We dined with my parents at a restaurant in town. PHRASALVERBS dine on sth to have a particular type of food for dinner: We dined on fresh local fish. dine out to eat dinner in a restaurant or sb else's home dine out on sth (informal) to tell other people about sth that has happened to you, in order to make them interested in you IDIOMS see WINEv.