name
Meaning 1
A surname
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name
A surname
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noun
Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: pine tree, pinus
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noun
Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
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Usage: countable
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noun
The wood of this tree.
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Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: pinewood
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noun
A pineapple.
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Usage: Australia, Guyana, South-Africa, countable, uncountable
Qualifier: archaic except Caribbean
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noun
The bench, where players sit when not playing.
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Usage: colloquial, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A counter or bartop.
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Usage: colloquial, uncountable
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noun
A painful longing.
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Usage: archaic
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verb
To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
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Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: languish, droop
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verb
To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
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Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: long, yearn
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verb
To grieve or mourn for.
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Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: bewail, lament, afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemoan, bemourn, beweep, condole, deplore, elegize, grieve, grieven, keen, mean, mourn, pine, repent, sigh, sorrow, wail, wayment
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verb
To inflict pain upon; to torment.
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Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: afflict, torment, torture, ache, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, dere, excruciate, hurt, irritate, pang, pine, rack, throe, wring
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noun
a coniferous tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pine tree, true pine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conifer, coniferous tree
Narrower terms: pinon, pinyon, spruce pine, Pinus glabra, black pine, Pinus nigra, pitch pine, northern pitch pine, Pinus rigida, pond pine, Pinus serotina, stone pine, umbrella pine, European nut pine, Pinus pinea, Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine, arolla pine, cembra nut tree, Pinus cembra, Swiss mountain pine, mountain pine, dwarf mountain pine, mugho pine, mugo pine, Pinus mugo, ancient pine, Pinus longaeva, white pine, yellow pine, Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, Pinus jeffreyi, shore pine, lodgepole, lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta, Sierra lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta murrayana, loblolly pine, frankincense pine, Pinus taeda, jack pine, Pinus banksiana, swamp pine, red pine, Canadian red pine, Pinus resinosa, Scotch pine, Scots pine, Scotch fir, Pinus sylvestris, scrub pine, Virginia pine, Jersey pine, Pinus virginiana, Monterey pine, Pinus radiata, bristlecone pine, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata, table-mountain pine, prickly pine, hickory pine, Pinus pungens, knobcone pine, Pinus attenuata, Japanese red pine, Japanese table pine, Pinus densiflora, Japanese black pine, Pinus thunbergii, Torrey pine, Torrey's pine, soledad pine, grey-leaf pine, sabine pine, Pinus torreyana
noun
straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wood
Narrower terms: knotty pine, white pine, yellow pine
verb
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: ache, yearn, yen, languish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hanker, long, yearn
Narrower terms: die
History
From Middle English pyne, from Old English *pīne, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā, from Latin pīnus, see there for more. Doublet of pinus. Possibly related to fat.
From Middle English pyne, pine, probably from Old English *pīne (“pain”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā (“pain, torment, torture”), possibly from Latin poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”). Cognate to pain. Entered Germanic with Christianity; cognate to Middle Dutch pinen, Old High German pīnōn, Old Norse pína.
From Middle English pynen, from Old English pīnian (“to torment”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnōn, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā (“pain, torment, torture”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with German peinigen (“to torment, torture”), Icelandic pína (“to torment”).
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