pine

Plural: pines

Noun

• a coniferous tree
• straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
• Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
• Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
• The wood of this tree.
• A pineapple.
• The bench, where players sit when not playing.
• A counter or bartop.
• A painful longing.

Verb

Verb Forms: pined, pining, pines

• To yearn intensely for something or someone absent.
• have a desire for something or someone who is not present
• To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
• To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
• To grieve or mourn for.
• To inflict pain upon; to torment.

Examples

• I'll be behind the pine slinging your favorite cold ones, so come and see me!
• Laura was pining for Bill all the time he was gone.
• She began to PINE for a Q tile, crucial for her high-scoring word.
• The northern slopes were covered mainly in pine.

Synonyms

ache, languish, pine tree, true pine, yearn, yen, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, begrieve, bemoan, bewail, beweep, condole, deplore, dere, droop, excruciate, grieve, grieven, hurt, irritate, keen, lament, long, mean, mourn, pang, pine, pinewood, pinus, rack, sigh, sorrow, throe, torment, torture, wail, wayment, wring

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