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# dine

verb (dine, dines, dined, dining)

«dine» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To eat dinner, the main meal of the day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dine/#m1)
2. To dine out: to eat in a restaurant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dine/#m2)
3. To dine on something: to eat it for a meal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dine/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: dining room, dining table, dine out. In stories and formal writing: «They dined with the king». In maths problems: people dine at a restaurant and split the bill.

### Examples

- We dined at a lovely restaurant by the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dine/#x1)
- The family dines together every evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dine/#x2)
- Let's dine out for Grandma's birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dine/#x3)
- The knights dined on roast chicken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dine/#x4)
- Set the dining table for six. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dine/#x5)
- Four friends dined and shared the bill equally. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dine/#x6)
- Instead, not long afterward, he invited the Fox to dine with him in turn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dine/#x7)

### Note

Formal; everyday is «have dinner» or «eat». Do not confuse with «diner» (a person eating or a small US restaurant) and «dinner» (the meal, double n).

## In Jewish tradition

It means to eat the main meal, as Joseph did when he had his brothers eat with him at noon. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: dining room, dining table, dine out. In stories and formal writing: «They dined with the king». In maths problems: people dine at a restaurant and split the bill.

### Examples

- And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.' (Torah GEN.43.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dine/#x1)

### Note

Formal; everyday is «have dinner» or «eat». Do not confuse with «diner» (a person eating or a small US restaurant) and «dinner» (the meal, double n).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dine.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «dine» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dine» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dine.html) on Mova free.