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Dining

/ˈdaɪnɪŋ(ɡ)/

To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

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📖 Definitions of "Dining"

verb

1
To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
2
To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
3
To dine upon; to have to eat.

noun

1
Eating dinner as a social function.
2
Entertaining someone to dinner.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dining"

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Word	Definition
blarenoun	A loud sound.
clamornoun	A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
ruckusnoun	A raucous disturbance and/or commotion.
tumultnoun	Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
commotionnoun	An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
rumpusnoun	A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a noisy quarrel or brawl.
boomnoun	A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
ructionnoun	A noisy quarrel or fight.
cacophonynoun	A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
blaringnoun	Any loud noise, such as from an elephant.
dinnertimenoun	The time when dinner takes place, as:
dinnernoun	The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
dinernoun	(US) A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other.
suppernoun	(Midwestern US, Canadian Prairies, Atlantic Canada, South Africa) Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
luncheonnoun	A formal meal served in the middle of the day.
mealnoun	(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
lunchnoun	A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
lunchroomnoun	A room designated as a place to eat lunch.
restaurantnoun	An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
canteennoun	A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.