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wining and dining

wining and dining is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about wining and dining

What is wining and dining the present participle and gerund of?
Wining and dining is the present participle and gerund of wine and dine.

Words near wining and dining in the dictionary

  1. Winifred
  2. winika
  3. winily
  4. wininess
  5. wining
  6. wining and dining
  7. wining up
  8. Wininger
  9. Winingers
  10. winings
  11. Winingses

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