dine
part of speech
verb (dine, dines, dined, dining)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) To eat dinner, the main meal of the day. tree →
2) To dine out: to eat in a restaurant. tree →
3) To dine on something: to eat it for a meal. tree →
sense 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 →
- The family dines together every evening. tree →
- Let's dine out for Grandma's birthday. tree →
- The knights dined on roast chicken. tree →
- Set the dining table for six. tree →
- Four friends dined and shared the bill equally. tree →
- Instead, not long afterward, he invited the Fox to dine with him in turn. tree →
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).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.