dining Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of eating dinner
  2. verb have supper; eat dinner
    dine.
    • We often dine with friends in this restaurant
  3. verb give dinner to; host for dinner
    dine.
    • I'm wining and dining my friends
  4. verb make a resonant sound, like artillery
    din; boom.
    • His deep voice boomed through the hall
  5. verb instill (into a person) by constant repetition
    din.
    • he dinned the lessons into his students

WordNet


Din"ing noun & adjective
Definitions
  1. from Dine, a. ✍ Used either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, dining hall or dining-hall, dining room, dining table, etc.

Webster 1913