(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Lunch is the meal that you have in the middle of the day.
Shall we meet somewhere for ~?...
He did not enjoy business ~es...
If anyone wants me, I’m at ~ with a client.
N-VAR
2.
When you ~, you have ~, especially at a restaurant. (FORMAL)
Only the extremely rich could afford to ~ at the Mirabelle...
Having not yet ~ed, we went to the refreshment bar for ham sandwiches.
VERB: V adv/prep, V