LUNCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lunch mean? 

• LUNCH (noun)
  The noun LUNCH has 1 sense:

1. a midday meal

  Familiarity information: LUNCH used as a noun is very rare.

• LUNCH (verb)
  The verb LUNCH has 2 senses:

1. take the midday meal

2. provide a midday meal for

  Familiarity information: LUNCH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUNCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A midday meal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

dejeuner; lunch; luncheon; tiffin

Hypernyms ("lunch" is a kind of...):

meal; repast (the food served and eaten at one time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lunch"):

business lunch (lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense)

Derivation:

lunch (take the midday meal)

lunch (provide a midday meal for)

• LUNCH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they lunch    ... he / she / it lunches   
Past simple: lunched   
Past participle: lunched   
-ing form: lunching   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take the midday meal

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Context example:

At what time are you lunching?

Hypernyms (to "lunch" is one way to...):

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue lunch

Derivation:

lunch (a midday meal)

luncher (someone who is eating lunch)

lunching (the act of eating lunch)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide a midday meal for

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Context example:

She lunched us well

Hypernyms (to "lunch" is one way to...):

feed; give (give food to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

lunch (a midday meal)

 Context examples 

After lunch, when we went back to the drawing-room, he said to me:—"And now tell me all about him."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

All at once I heard a clear voice call, "Miss Jane! where are you? Come to lunch!"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I am going through the City first, and we can have some lunch on the way.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To be done between lunch and dinner.

(Between Lunch and Dinner, NCI Thesaurus)

Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) Sitting quietly after a lunch without alcohol.

(ESS - Sitting Quietly After a Lunch without Alcohol, NCI Thesaurus)

Now, nephew, we shall lunch, and then go up to the Pavilion.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To be done between breakfast and lunch.

(Between Breakfast and Lunch, NCI Thesaurus)

We’ll have our lunch here, if you will permit us, and then we shall all three set off for town together.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We were in the middle of our lunch, when he suddenly sprang to his feet.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The lunch looked charming, and as she surveyed it, she sincerely hoped it would taste well, and that the borrowed glass, china, and silver would get safely home again.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)