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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pine1 /paɪn/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology an evergreen tree having needlelike leaves in bundles and woody cones:[countable]Many pines are valued for their wood.
- Furniture[uncountable] the wood of a pine tree.
pine2 /paɪn/USA pronunciation v., pined, pin•ing. - to wish for or want deeply;
long (for) painfully: [~ + for + object]to pine for one's family.[~ + to + verb]pining to become citizens in a free country. - to fail gradually in health or strength because of grief or longing:[no object* ~ + away]After his wife's death he pined away.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pine1 (pīn),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc. Cf. pine family.
- Plant Biologyany of various similar coniferous trees.
- Furniturethe wood of the pine tree.
- Informal Termsthe pineapple.
- Latin pīnus
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English pīn
- to yearn deeply;
suffer with longing;
long painfully (often fol. by for):to pine for one's home and family. - to fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, or longing (often fol. by away):Separated by their families, the lovers pined away.
- [Archaic.]to be discontented;
fret.
v.t. - [Archaic.]to suffer grief or regret over.
n. - [Archaic.]painful longing.
- Late Latin pēna, Latin poena punishment. See pain
- bef. 900; Middle English pinen to torture, torment, inflict pain, be in pain; Old English pīnian to torture, derivative of pīn torture (Middle English pine)
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See yearn.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dwindle, decline, languish, droop, waste.
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