Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - dine

~ v formal to eat dinner  (We dined at the Ritz.)  (- see also wine and dine wine2) dine on/off sth phr v formal to eat a particular kind of food for dinner, especially expensive food  (We dined on lobster and strawberries.) dine out phr v 1 formal to eat dinner in a restaurant or in someone else's house  (They would dine out together once a month.)  (- see also eat out eat (1b)) 2 dine out on BrE humorous to keep using a story about something that has happened to you in order to entertain people at meals