Taking a meal (6)
(Other definitions for eating that I've seen before include "at breakfast?" , "Ingestion" , "Out to dinner?" , "Having supper?" , "Putting away" .)
(Other definitions for dining that I've seen before include "Eating the evening meal" , "Type of room, car, table" , "This room is for eating in" , "at lunch?" , "At table perhaps" .)