DINE

[verb] [I] [formal] - to eat the main meal of the day, usually in the eveningI hate dining alone.We dined by candlelight.He claims to have once dined with the President of France.It's Jan's birthday today, so we're dining out (= having an evening meal away from home) tonight at a special little restaurant we know.We dined very well on/upon (= ate) salmon and strawberries.(esp. UK) If you dine out on an experience or a situation, you entertain people by telling them about it, esp. when you are eating a meal with them.I've been dining out for months on the story of what happened when my house got flooded.A dining car (UK also restaurant car) is a part of a train in which passengers are served meals.A dining room is a room in which meals are eaten.A dining hall is a large room attached to a building such as a school in which many people can eat at the same time.A dining table is a table at which meals are eaten.Compare dinner table at dinner.See picture: Living room