Definitions for Pine
paɪnpine

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pine, pine tree, true pinenoun

   a coniferous tree

2. pineverb

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

3. ache, yearn, yen, pine, languishverb

   have a desire for something or someone who is not present

   "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pinenoun

   The pine-tree hath amentaceous flowers or katkins, which are produced, at remote distances from the fruit, on the same tree; the seeds are produced in squamous cones: to which should be added, that the leaves are longer than those of a fir-tree, and are produced by pairs out of each sheath. Philip Miller

   Etymology: pinus, Lat. pin, French.

   You may as well forbid the mountain pines
   To wag their high tops, and to make a noise,
   When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven. William Shakespeare.

   Thus droops this lofty pine, and hangs his sprayes;
   Thus Eleanor’s pride dies in her younger days. William Shakespeare.

   Go forth unto the mount, and fetch pine-branches. Nehem.

2. To Pineverb

   Etymology: piman , Sax. pijnen, Dutch.

   1. To languish; to wear away with any kind of misery.

   My hungry eyes through greedy covetise,
   With no contentment can themselves suffice;
   But having, pine, and having not, complain. Edmund Spenser.

   I burn, I pine, I perish,
   If I atchieve not this young modest girl. William Shakespeare.

   Since my young lady’s going into France, the fool hath much pined away. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   See, see the pining malady of France,
   Behold the most unnat’ral wounds,
   Which thou thyself hast giv’n her woful breast. William Shakespeare.

   Ye shall not mourn, but pine away for your iniquities. Ezekiel xxiv. 23.

   The wicked with anxiety of mind
   Shall pine away; in sighs consume their breath. George Sandys.

   To me who with eternal famine pine,
   Alike is hell, or paradise, or heav’n. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   Farewell the year, which threaten’d so
   The fairest light the world can show;
   Welcome the new, whose ev’ry day,
   Restoring what was snatch’d away
   By pining sickness from the fair,
   That matchless beauty does repair. Edmund Waller.

   This night shall see the gaudy wreath decline,
   The roses wither, and the lilies pine. Thomas Tickell.

   2. To languish with desire.

   We may again
   Free from our feasts and banquets bloody knives,
   Do faithful homage and receive free honours:
   All which we pine for. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   We stood amaz’d to see your mistress mourn,
   Unknowing that she pin’d for your return. Dryden.

   Your new commander need not pine for action. Philips.

3. To Pineverb

   1. To wear out; to make to languish.

   Part us; I towards the north,
   Where shivering cold and sickness pines the clime. William Shakespeare.

   Beroe pin’d with pain,
   Her age and anguish from these rites detain. Dryden.

   Thus tender Spencer liv’d, with mean repast
   Content, depress’d with penury, and pin’d
   In foreign realm: yet not debas’d his verse. Philips.

   2. To grieve for; to bemoan in silence.

   Abash’d the devil stood,
   Virtue in her shape how lovely, saw; and pin’d
   His loss. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iv.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PINE

   Pine is a freeware, text-based email client which was developed at the University of Washington. The first version was written in 1989, and announced to the public in March 1992. Source code was available for only the Unix version under a license written by the University of Washington. Pine is no longer under development, and has been replaced by the Alpine client, which is available under the Apache License.

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1. pine

   A pine is a type of evergreen tree that belongs to the family Pinaceae and genus Pinus. These trees are known for their straight, tall trunks and needle-like leaves that usually bundled together in clusters. They are also recognized for their cones, which are used for seed reproduction. Pines are found in a wide range of habitats all over the world, especially in the northern hemisphere, and are particularly common in mountainous regions. They are also used for their wood, which is popular in construction and furniture making.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pinenoun

   woe; torment; pain

2. Pine

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

3. Pine

   to grieve or mourn for

4. Pineverb

   to suffer; to be afflicted

5. Pineverb

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

6. Pineverb

   to languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for

7. Pinenoun

   any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus

8. Pinenoun

   the wood of the pine tree

9. Pinenoun

   a pineapple

10. Etymology: [AS. pnan to torment, fr. pn torment. See 1st Pine, Pain, n. & v.]

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1. Pine

   Pines are trees in the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. They are the only genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pine

   pīn, n. a northern cone-bearing, evergreen, resinous tree, furnishing valuable timber.—adj. Pin′eal.—ns. Pin′eal-gland, a rounded body about the size of a pea, of a slightly yellowish colour, situated upon the anterior pair of corpora quadrigemina, and connected with the optic thalami by two strands of nerve fibres termed its peduncles; Pine′-app′le, a tropical plant, and its fruit, shaped like a pine-cone; Pine′-barr′en, a level sandy tract growing pines; Pine′-chā′fer, a beetle which eats pine-leaves.—adjs. Pine′-clad, Pine′-crowned, clad or crowned with pine-trees.—ns. Pine′-cone, the cone or strobilus of a pine-tree; Pine′-finch, a small fringilline bird of North America; Pine′-house, a pinery; Pine′-need′le, the circular leaf of the pine-tree; Pine′-oil, an oil obtained from the resinous exudations of pine and fir trees; Pin′ery, a place where pine-apples are raised: a pine forest; Pinē′tum, a plantation of pine-trees: a collection of pine-trees for ornamental purposes; Pine′-wood, a wood of pine-trees: pine timber; Pine′-wool, a fibrous substance prepared from the leaves of the pine, and used for flannels, hosiery, and blankets in hospitals.—adjs. Pī′nic, pertaining to, or obtained from, the pine: noting an acid consisting of the portion of common resin soluble in cold alcohol; Pinic′oline, inhabiting pine-woods; Pī′ny, Pī′ney, abounding in pine-trees.—Pine-tree money, silver money coined at Boston in the 17th century, and so called from the coins bearing the rude figure of a pine-tree on one side. [A.S. pín,—L. pīnus (for pic-nus),—pix, picis, pitch.]

2. Pine

   pīn, v.i. to waste away under pain or mental distress: to languish with longing.—v.t. to grieve for: to bewail.—n. wasting pain: weary suffering.—Done to pine, starved to death. [A.S. pínian, to torment—L. pœna, punishment.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pine

   A genus of lofty coniferous trees, abounding in temperate climates, and valuable for its timber and resin. The masts and yards of ships are generally of pine. (See PITCH-PINE.)--Pine is also a northern term for drying fish by exposure to the weather.

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1. PINE

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PINE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pine is ranked #5284 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pine surname appeared 6,592 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Pine.
   
   86.3% or 5,693 total occurrences were White.
   3.4% or 225 total occurrences were Black.
   3.2% or 212 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.2% or 211 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.9% or 129 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.8% or 122 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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1. • Conifer

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Pine' in Nouns Frequency: #2720

Anagrams for Pine »

1. pien

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1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pine in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Pine in a Sentence

1. Sherri Aguilar:

   The best tree to use for the upside down tree is a 4-foot noble pine or noble fir, because the branches stick out very straight, do the lights on it first before the ornaments, or you will just end up crying.

2. Josh Donaldson:

   Hitters have never really cared about sunscreen, rosin and pine tar. We haven’t cared about that because it’s not a performance enhancement. What these guys are doing now are performance-enhancing, to where it is an actual superglue-type of ordeal, to where it’s not about command anymore, now, it’s about who’s throwing the nastiest pitches, the more unhittable pitches.

3. Steve Kircher:

   Having literally grown up in the ski industry, I can tell you that age of equipment generally does not translate into higher risk. There are lifts operating successfully all over the world that are considerably older than King Pine. I've also been around long enough to know that new lifts can have mechanical issues.

4. Jim Faust:

   Modern poinsettias are not your grandmother’s plants. Breeding has dramatically improved their consumer performance, back in the day, growers would place ferns or pine boughs in the pot along with the poinsettia to provide greenery, because the poinsettia leaves would fall off so quickly. Today’s poinsettias will last well into January if watered properly and provided enough sunlight.

5. Muhammad Waseem:

   Those (initial) geysers saved seven mature pine trees from felling within one year of their installation, for the project team, it was highly stunning result and a strong reason to upscale the initiative.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pine
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Pine
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pine
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Pine
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Pine
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Pine
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html