dine on

phrasal verb

dined on; dining on; dines on

somewhat formal

: to eat (something) for dinner

We dined on pasta and fresh vegetables.

They dined on chicken every day for a month.

animals dining on fruits, leaves, and insects

Examples of dine on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The roughly 26-foot-long creature of nightmares is believed to have lived between 82 million and 75 million years ago, dining on dinosaurs in the rivers and estuaries of North America. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025

The room was buzzing as guests dined on roasted salmon with couscous and vegetables, curious to hear two titans of finance speak during these uncertain times. —Bettina Zilkha, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

Editor in chief Jamila Robinson explores how dining on the road turns every meal into a cultural adventure. —Amanda Eyre Ward, Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2025

Estimates of how deep Ophthalmosaurus could dive exceed 2,000 feet, deep enough that low-light vision would have been incredibly useful in finding squid-like cephalopods and other grub to dine on. —Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for dine on

• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
• carillon
• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon
• chitosan
• cynodon
• denouement
• deuteron
• echelon