1.
[syn: lunch, luncheon, tiffin, dejeuner]
VERB (2)
1. take the midday meal;
- Example: "At what time are you lunching?"
2. provide a midday meal for;
- Example: "She lunched us well"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lunch \Lunch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lunched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lunching.]
To take luncheon. --Smart.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lunch \Lunch\ (l[u^]nch), n. [Of uncertain etymol. Cf. Prov.
Eng. nunc a lump.]
A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast
and dinner, most commonly about noontime.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lunch
n 1: a midday meal [syn: lunch, luncheon, tiffin,
dejeuner]
v 1: take the midday meal; "At what time are you lunching?"
2: provide a midday meal for; "She lunched us well"