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Definition of 'PINE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pine
any evergreen tree of the genus Pinus, having needlelike leaves borne in bundles and woody cones enclosing winged seeds: valued for their wood and their resinous products, as turpentine.

2. pine
the wood of a pine tree.

3. (v.i.) pine
to yearn deeply; long painfully:
to pine for one's family.

4. pine
to fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, or longing (often fol. by away).

5. (v.t.) pine
Archaic. to suffer grief or regret over.

6. (n.) pine
Archaic. painful longing.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME: to torment, be in pain; OE pīnian to torture, der. of pīn torture (ME pine) &indirdesc; L poena punishment. See pain)

Definition of 'PINE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pine, pine tree, true pine
a coniferous tree

2. (verb) pine
straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

3. (verb) ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
"She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"

Definition of 'PINE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) pine
a tree with long thin leaves that stays green all year
a pine forest; tall pine trees

2. pine
the wood from a pine
pine floors; a table made out of pine

Definition of 'PINE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) PINE
woe; torment; pain

2. (noun) PINE
any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus

3. (noun) PINE
the wood of the pine tree

4. (noun) PINE
a pineapple

5. PINE
to inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict

6. PINE
to grieve or mourn for

7. (verb) PINE
to suffer; to be afflicted

8. (verb) PINE
to languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away

9. (verb) PINE
to languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for

Translation of 'PINE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: any of several kinds of evergreen trees with cones (ˈpine-cones) and needlelike leaves ( ˈpine-needles).
Afrikaans: denne	Arabic: صنوبَر	Bulgarian: иглолистни
Brazilian: pinheiro	Czech: borovice	German: die Kiefer
Danish: fyrretræ	Greek: πεύκο	Spanish: pino
Estonian: -mänd	Farsi: کاج	Finnish: mänty
French: pin	Hebrew: אוֹרֶן	Hindi: एक सदाबहार पौधा
Croatian: borovina	Hungarian: fenyő(fa)	Indonesian: tusam, pohon cemara
Icelandic: fura	Italian: pino	Japanese: 松
Korean: 소나무	Lithuanian: pušis	Latvian: priede
Malay: pokok pain	Dutch: pijnboom	Norwegian: furu(tre)
Polish: sosna	Persian: کاج	Pashto: دزڼغوزي ( جلغوزى، زړغونځى
Portuguese: pinheiro	Romanian: pin	Russian: сосна
Slovak: borovica	Slovenian: bor	Serbian: bor
Swedish: tall, fura, pinje	Thai: ต้นสน	Turkish: çam
Taiwanese: 松樹	Ukrainian: сосна	Urdu: صنوبر
Vietnamese: cây thông	Chinese: 松树
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