Dine vs. Dinner

Dineverb

(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

Dineverb

To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.

Dineverb

To dine upon; to have to eat.

Dinenoun

(obsolete) dinnertime

Dineverb

To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.

Dineverb

To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men.

Dineverb

To dine upon; to have to eat.

Dineverb

have supper; eat dinner;

Dineverb

give dinner to; host for dinner;

Dinnernoun

A midday meal in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea.

Dinnernoun

The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

Dinnernoun

An evening meal.

Dinnernoun

A meal given to an animal.

Dinnernoun

A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.

Dinnernoun

(uncountable) The food provided or consumed at any such meal.

Dinnerverb

(intransitive) To eat a dinner.

Dinnerverb

(transitive) To provide (someone) with a dinner.

Dinnernoun

The principal meal of the day, eaten in some countries about midday, but in others (especially in the U. S. and in large cities) at a later hour.

Dinnernoun

An entertainment; a feast.

Dinnernoun

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday;

Dinnernoun

a party of people assembled to have dinner together;

Dinner

Dinner usually refers to what is in many Western cultures the largest and most formal meal of the day, which some Westerners eat in the evening. Historically, the largest meal used to be eaten around midday, and called dinner.