pine

/pain/
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pine

A tall pine tree stands in a snowy forest clearing.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A type of evergreen coniferous tree: "pine" refers to any of numerous trees belonging to the genus Pinus, characterized by needle-like leaves and bearing cones.
    • The wood from such a tree: "pine" also denotes the straight-grained, often resinous, durable timber from pine trees, typically white to yellowish in color.

  2. Verb:

    • To yearn intensely or suffer with longing: "pine" means to feel a deep, often melancholic, desire for something or someone that is absent or unattainable.
    • To decline in health or vitality from grief, longing, or distress: "pine" can describe wasting away physically due to sorrow or yearning.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • The forest was filled with tall pines.
    • They built the cabin from sturdy pine.

  • Verb:

    • She would pine for her homeland.
    • After his dog died, the boy began to pine away.
Advanced Usage
  • "to pine for": to yearn deeply for someone or something.
    • He pined for the peaceful days of his childhood.
  • "to pine away": to gradually become weaker and thinner, especially due to sadness.
    • The prisoner pined away in his cell, longing for freedom.
Variants and Related Words
  • Pinewood (n): the wood of a pine tree; an area of land covered with pine trees.
    • The furniture was made of beautiful pinewood.
  • Pine cone (n): the woody fruit of a pine tree.
    • The children collected pine cones in the forest.
  • Pine needle (n): the slender, needle-shaped leaf of a pine tree.
    • The ground was carpeted with brown pine needles.
Synonyms
  • Noun: fir, conifer, evergreen.
  • Verb: yearn, long, ache, languish.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Pine for: (see "to pine for" under Advanced Usage).
  • Pine away: (see "to pine away" under Advanced Usage).
Related Idioms
  • Pine over something/someone: to be consumed with longing or grief about something or someone.
    • It's been years; you can't spend your life pining over a lost love.
pine

A tall pine tree stands in a snowy forest clearing.

Noun
  1. straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
  2. a coniferous tree
Verb
  1. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
    • She ached for a cigarette
    • I am pining for my lover

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