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[Pine]

If you pine for someone, you desperately want to see them, be with them, or perhaps smother them with kisses. If you're texting your ex boyfriend over 50 times a day, there's a pretty good chance that you still pine for him.

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Woe; torment; pain.

Noun
a coniferous tree

Noun
straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

Verb
have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"

n.
Woe; torment; pain.

v.
To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

v.
To grieve or mourn for.

v. i.
To suffer; to be afflicted.

v. i.
To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away.

v. i.
To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.

n.
Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.

n.
The wood of the pine tree.

n.
A pineapple.

Pine

Pine , n. [AS. p'c6n, L. poena penalty. See Pain.] Woe; torment; pain. [Obs.] "Pyne of hell." Chaucer.

Pine

Pine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pining.] [AS. p'c6nan to torment, fr. p'c6n torment. See 1st Pine, Pain, n. & v.] 1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [Obs.] Chaucer. Shak.
That people that pyned him to death.
One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack.
2. To grieve or mourn for. [R.] Milton.

Pine

Pine, v. i. 1. To suffer; to be afflicted. [Obs.] 2. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away. "The roses wither and the lilies pine." Tickell. 3. To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.
For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pined.
Syn. -- To languish; droop; flag; wither; decay.

Pine

Pine, n. [AS. p'c6n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus. &hand; There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the white pine (P. Strobus), the Georgia pine (P. australis), the red pine (P. resinosa), and the great West Coast sugar pine (P. Lambertiana) are among the most valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See Pinon. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground. -- Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the Araucaria excelsa. -- Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] -- Pine borer (Zo'94l.), any beetle whose larv'91 bore into pine trees. -- Pine finch. (Zo'94l.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary. -- Pine grosbeak (Zo'94l.), a large grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. -- Pine lizard (Zo'94l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and alligator. -- Pine marten. (Zo'94l.) (a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten. (b) The American sable. See Sable. -- Pine moth (Zo'94l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv'91 burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. -- Pine mouse (Zo'94l.), an American wild mouse (Arvicola pinetorum), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. -- Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See Pinus. -- Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below). -- Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. -- Pine snake (Zo'94l.), a large harmless North American snake (Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also bull snake. The Western pine snake (P. Sayi) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. -- Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine. -- Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. -- Pine weevil (Zo'94l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv'91 bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc. -- Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and pine-wood wool.

Woe; torment; pain.

To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

To suffer; to be afflicted.

Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.

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Usage Examples

Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York City to my family's cottage in Maine. It's on an island, with stretches of sea and sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and pine trees. We barbecue, swim, lie around, and try to do nothing.

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

My wife and I just prefer Seattle. It's a beautiful city. Great setting. You open your front door in the morning and the air smells like pine and the sea, as opposed to bus exhaust.

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

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Other Usage Examples

I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.

We look before and after, And pine for what is not Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.

The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.

Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh.