dinner

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

   “I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.”

2. isim An evening meal.

   “I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.”

3. isim A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).

   “At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkley, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor.”

4. isim A meal given to an animal.

   “Give the dog its dinner.”

5. isim A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.

   “My family gathers twice a year, namely at Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners.”

6. isim The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
7. fiil To eat a dinner; to dine.

   “Once I was geared up, I joined him on the wide, flat seat of the sled which was loaded up with hot food for the jacks who were dinnering out since they worked a forty far from the camp.”

8. fiil To provide (someone) with a dinner; to dine.

   “1887, Caroline Emily Cameron, A Devout Lover, London: F.V. White & Co., Volume 1, Chapter 11, p. 181, She had taken her about to concerts and exhibitions—she had dinnered her at the Colonies, and suppered her at the New Club.”