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wines and dines

wines and dines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wine and dine.

Meaning of wine and dine

Verb

wine and dine (third-person singular simple present wines and dines, present participle wining and dining, simple past and past participle wined and dined)

  1. (transitive) To entertain or woo someone with a fine meal.
    • You wined me and dined me when I was your girl / Promised if I'd be your wife, you'd show me the world1975, “The Pill”, in Back to the Country, performed by Loretta Lynn
  2. (intransitive) To eat lavishly.
    • As we wined and dined, as we walked together along the banks of the River Seine smoking our postprandial cigarettes, we talked of life and love—and women.2009, Gyles Brandreth, Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 71

Words that rhyme with wines and dines

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Questions about wines and dines

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Wines and dines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wine and dine.

Words near wines and dines in the dictionary

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  2. wineries
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  4. winery
  5. wines
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  7. wines up
  8. winesap
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  10. Winesburg
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