1. (verb)pine away, waste, languish lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief "After her husband died, she just pined away"
2. (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"
3. (verb)languish, fade become feeble
"The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"