pine

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

pines

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

pine

past (v2)

pined

past participle (v3)

pined

present participle

pining

3rd person singular

pines

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

   • The northern slopes were covered mainly in pine.

2. 2.Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.

3. 3.The wood of this tree.

4. 4.A pineapple.

   • Linda carried the oysters in one hand and the pineapple in the other. […] [S]he put the bottle of oysters and the pine on a little carved chair.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.

   • Why pine not I, and die in this distress?
   • This night shall see the gaudy wreath decline, The roses wither and the lilies pine.
   • The way the story went was that the man's foot healed up all right but that he just pined away.

2. 2.To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.

   • Laura was pining for Bill all the time he was gone.
   • Ten years ago, liberals pined for a post-religious right, a different culture war. Be careful what you wish for.

3. 3.To grieve or mourn for.

4. 4.To inflict pain upon; to torment.

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