pīn/ noun: pine; plural noun: pines; noun:
pine tree;( ) plural noun: pine trees
1. an evergreen coniferous tree that
has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves.
Many kinds are grown for their soft timber,
which is widely used for furniture and pulp,
or for tar and turpentine ( ), ( ).
used in names of coniferous trees of other families,
e.g., Norfolk Island pine.
used in names of unrelated plants
that resemble the pines in some way, e.g., ground pine.
having the scent of pine needles.
modifier noun: pine "a pine potpourri"
( ), ( ) ( )
2. informal: a pineapple,
Old English, from Latin pinus, reinforced
in Middle English by Old French pin .
pin pīn/ verb: pine; 3rd person present: pines;
past tense: pined; past participle: pined;
gerund or present participle: pining ( )
suffer a mental and physical decline,
especially because of a broken heart.
"she thinks I am pining away from ( )
love" synonyms: languish, decline, weaken,
waste away, wilt, wither, fade, sicken, droop;
yearn, long, ache, sigh, hunger, languish;
miss, mourn, lament, grieve over, shed tears for,
bemoan, rue, eat one's heart out over; informal: itch
"he was pining for his son"
miss and long for the return of.
"I was pining for my boyfriend"
( ), ( )
Old English pīnian ‘(cause to) suffer,’
of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijnen,
German peinen ‘experience pain,’ ( )
also to obsolete pine ‘punishment’;( )
ultimately based on Latin poena ‘punishment.’
Jun 11, 2018
Jun 11, 2018 at 9:18 PM UTC
pīn/ noun: pine; plural noun: pines; noun:
pine tree;( ) plural noun: pine trees
1. an evergreen coniferous tree that
has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves.
Many kinds are grown for their soft timber,
which is widely used for furniture and pulp,
or for tar and turpentine ( ), ( ).
used in names of coniferous trees of other families,
e.g., Norfolk Island pine.
used in names of unrelated plants
that resemble the pines in some way, e.g., ground pine.
having the scent of pine needles.
modifier noun: pine "a pine potpourri"
( ), ( ) ( )
2. informal: a pineapple,
Old English, from Latin pinus, reinforced
in Middle English by Old French pin .
pin pīn/ verb: pine; 3rd person present: pines;
past tense: pined; past participle: pined;
gerund or present participle: pining ( )
suffer a mental and physical decline,
especially because of a broken heart.
"she thinks I am pining away from ( )
love" synonyms: languish, decline, weaken,
waste away, wilt, wither, fade, sicken, droop;
yearn, long, ache, sigh, hunger, languish;
miss, mourn, lament, grieve over, shed tears for,
bemoan, rue, eat one's heart out over; informal: itch
"he was pining for his son"
miss and long for the return of.
"I was pining for my boyfriend"
( ), ( )
Old English pīnian ‘(cause to) suffer,’
of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijnen,
German peinen ‘experience pain,’ ( )
also to obsolete pine ‘punishment’;( )
ultimately based on Latin poena ‘punishment.’
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