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
  • Drake noted that the company’s traditional customer makes less than $100,000 a year — a cohort that has had less wiggle room in their wallets lately as the rising cost of living eats away at their disposable income.
    — Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Denise and the kids are horrified and have to leave quickly as the dinosaur eats what’s left of the devoted dad.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 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
  • Faster detection The technology feeds into Crytica’s Rapid Detection, Alert, and Isolation system, known as RDAi.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Each data point feeds back into the road map, closing the loop from customer quote to feature to impact.
    — AJ Bubb, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of feeds
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  • In 2011, Norris was inducted into Northern Illinois University’s Northern Star Hall of Fame, which honors former students, advisers and friends of the university’s student newspaper.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Vantage Award, presented to Domingo, honors an artist who is helping to challenge dominant narratives around cinema.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of honors

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