Pine
WordNet
noun
(1) A coniferous tree
(2) Straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
verb
(3) Have a desire for something or someone who is not present
"She ached for a cigarette"
"I am pining for my lover"
WiktionaryText
Noun
and
- Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
- Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
- The wood of pine tree.
Synonyms
tree of the genus Pinus
- pine tree
wood of pine tree
Etymology 2
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from *pine “pain”, possibly from ,
from . Cognate to .
Entered Germanic with Christianity; cognate to Middle Dutch , Old High German , Old Norse .
Verb
- To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
- Laura was pining away for Bill all the time he was gone.
- 1855, John Sullivan Dwight (translator), “Oh Holy Night”, as printed in 1871, Adolphe-Charles Adam (music), “Cantique de Noël”, G. Schirmer (New York), originally by Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure, 1847
- Long lay the world in sin and error pining / Till He appear’d and the soul felt its worth