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pine¹

(pīn)

1. Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Pinus, having fascicles of needle-shaped leaves and producing woody seed-bearing cones. These trees are widely cultivated for ornament and shade and for their timber and resinous sap, which yields turpentine and pine tar.

2. Any of various other coniferous trees, such as the Norfolk Island pine.

3. The wood of any of these trees.

[Middle English, from Old English pīn, from Latin pīnus; see peiə- in Indo-European roots.]

pine²

(pīn)

v. pined, pin·ing, pines

v.intr.

1. To feel a lingering, often nostalgic desire.

2. To wither or waste away from longing or grief: pined away and died.

v.tr. Archaic

To grieve or mourn for.

n. Archaic

Intense longing or grief.

[Middle English pinen, from pine, suffering, from Old English pīne, punishment, torment, from Vulgar Latin *pēna, variant of Latin poena, penalty, from Greek poinē; see k^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

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pine

(paɪn)

1. (Plants) any evergreen resinous coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, of the N hemisphere, with long needle-shaped leaves and brown cones: family Pinaceae. See also longleaf pine, nut pine, pitch pine, Scots pine

2. (Plants) any other tree or shrub of the family Pinaceae

3. (Forestry) the wood of any of these trees

4. (Plants) any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as ground pine and screw pine

[Old English pīn, from Latin pīnus pine]

pine

(paɪn)

1. (intr; often foll by for or an infinitive) to feel great longing or desire; yearn

2. (often foll by: away) to become ill, feeble, or thin through worry, longing, etc

3. (tr) archaic to mourn or grieve for

[Old English pīnian to torture, from pīn pain, from Medieval Latin pēna, from Latin poena pain]

Pine

(paɪn)

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pine¹

(paɪn)

n.

1. 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. the wood of a pine tree.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English pīn < Latin pīnus]

pine²

(paɪn)

v. pined, pin•ing,
n. v.i.

1. to yearn deeply; long painfully: to pine for one's family.

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

v.t.

3. Archaic. to suffer grief or regret over.

4. Archaic. painful longing.

[before 900; Middle English: to torment, be in pain; Old English pīnian to torture, derivative of pīn torture (Middle English pine) « Latin poena punishment. See pain]

syn: See yearn.

pine

(pīn)

Any of various evergreen trees that bear cones and have clusters of needle-shaped leaves. Pines are found chiefly in cooler temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere.

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pine

Japanese garden - Often uses bamboo, mondo grasses, pine, and small pools of water containing koi.
pine, pinecone - Pine, the tree, is from Latin pinus, from Indo-European pei-, "resin"; pinecones were originally called pineapples.
pine, fir, spruce - Pine, fir, and spruce are quite different from each other, though they are all conifers; pine has clusters of long, needle-shaped leaves, spruce is a type of fir, and the only scientific difference between the two is that spruces have rectangular needles while firs have flat, needle-shaped leaves.
pinot - A variant of French pineau, a diminutive of pine, from the shape of the clusters of grapes.

pine

Past participle: pined
Gerund: pining

Imperative
pine
pine

Present
I pine
you pine
he/she/it pines
we pine
you pine
they pine

Preterite
I pined
you pined
he/she/it pined
we pined
you pined
they pined

Present Continuous
I am pining
you are pining
he/she/it is pining
we are pining
you are pining
they are pining

Present Perfect
I have pined
you have pined
he/she/it has pined
we have pined
you have pined
they have pined

Past Continuous
I was pining
you were pining
he/she/it was pining
we were pining
you were pining
they were pining

Past Perfect
I had pined
you had pined
he/she/it had pined
we had pined
you had pined
they had pined

Future
I will pine
you will pine
he/she/it will pine
we will pine
you will pine
they will pine

Future Perfect
I will have pined
you will have pined
he/she/it will have pined
we will have pined
you will have pined
they will have pined

Future Continuous
I will be pining
you will be pining
he/she/it will be pining
we will be pining
you will be pining
they will be pining

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pining
you have been pining
he/she/it has been pining
we have been pining
you have been pining
they have been pining

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pining
you will have been pining
he/she/it will have been pining
we will have been pining
you will have been pining
they will have been pining

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pining
you had been pining
he/she/it had been pining
we had been pining
you had been pining
they had been pining

Conditional
I would pine
you would pine
he/she/it would pine
we would pine
you would pine
they would pine

Past Conditional
I would have pined
you would have pined
he/she/it would have pined
we would have pined
you would have pined
they would have pined

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Noun	1.	pine - a coniferous tree pine tree, true pine genus Pinus, Pinus - type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines pine - straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus pinon, pinyon - any of several low-growing pines of western North America Pinus glabra, spruce pine - large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood Pinus nigra, black pine - large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe northern pitch pine, Pinus rigida, pitch pine - large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine Pinus serotina, pond pine - large three-needled pine of sandy swamps of southeastern United States; needles longer than those of the northern pitch pine European nut pine, Pinus pinea, stone pine, umbrella pine - medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds arolla pine, cembra nut tree, Pinus cembra, Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine - large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate mugho pine, mugo pine, Pinus mugo, Swiss mountain pine, dwarf mountain pine, mountain pine - low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two ancient pine, Pinus longaeva - small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops white pine - any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine yellow pine - any of various pines having yellow wood Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, Pinus jeffreyi, black pine - tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine lodgepole, lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta, shore pine, spruce pine - shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares Pinus contorta murrayana, Sierra lodgepole pine - tall subspecies of lodgepole pine frankincense pine, loblolly pine, Pinus taeda - tall spreading three-needled pine of southeastern United States having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper head jack pine, Pinus banksiana - slender medium-sized two-needled pine of eastern North America; with yellow-green needles and scaly grey to red-brown fissured bark swamp pine - any of several pines that prefer or endure moist situations such as loblolly pine or longleaf pine Canadian red pine, Pinus resinosa, red pine - pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark Pinus sylvestris, Scotch fir, Scotch pine, Scots pine - medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark Jersey pine, Pinus virginiana, scrub pine, Virginia pine - common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2 Monterey pine, Pinus radiata - tall California pine with long needles in bunches of 3, a dense crown, and dark brown deeply fissured bark bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine - small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old hickory pine, Pinus pungens, prickly pine, table-mountain pine - a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales knobcone pine, Pinus attenuata - medium-sized three-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone Japanese red pine, Japanese table pine, Pinus densiflora - pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental Japanese black pine, Pinus thunbergii, black pine - large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog
	2.	pine - straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree knotty pine - pine lumber with many knots; used especially for paneling and furniture white pine - soft white wood of white pine trees yellow pine - hard yellowish wood of a yellow pine wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
Verb	1.	pine - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" yen, ache, languish, yearn die - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" hanker, long, yearn - desire strongly or persistently

pine

verb waste, decline, weaken, sicken, sink, flag, fade, decay, dwindle, wither, wilt, languish, droop While away from her children, she pined dreadfully.

pine for something or someone

1. long, ache, crave, yearn, sigh, carry a torch, eat your heart out over, suspire (archaic or poetic) She was pining for her lost husband.

2. hanker after, crave, covet, wish for, yearn for, thirst for, hunger for, lust after pining for a mythical past

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pine

verb

1. To have a strong longing for:

ache, covet, desire, hanker, long, pant, want, wish, yearn.

Informal: hone.

2. To waste away from longing or grief.Also used with away:

languish, wither.

Translations

خَشَب الصّنوبَرصُنَوْبَرصنوبَريَذوب حَسْرَةً ، يَشْتاقيَهْزُل، يَهِن، يَضْعُف

borovicechřadnoutsosnatoužit

fyrretræfyrretræs-længessygne henfyr

Kiefer Kiefernholz sich grämen sich sehnen Föhre

πεύκο πεύκος

pino suspirar por anhelar consumirse languidecer

mänd

mäntypetäjäpiinahonka

pin dépérir languir pour

bor

fenyő

furafuruviîuròráveslast upp

pino struggersi languire

マツ

소나무

pinus

diltilgotiesnīktpriedepriedes

pijnboom

furu lengte sårt sykne hen

sosna

pinheiro pinho

pin

сосна бор

borovicaborovicovýz borovice

bor

tall

ต้นสน

çameriyip bitmeközlemeksararıp solmak

сосна

cây thông

松树渴望衰弱憔悴松木

pine

¹ [paɪn]

A. N → pino m

B. CPD pine cone N → piña f
pine grove N → pinar m
pine kernel N → piñón m
pine marten N → marta f
pine needle N → aguja f de pino
pine nut N → piñón m
pine tree N → pino m

pine

² [paɪn] VI (also to pine away) → consumirse, languidecer
to pine for sth/sb → suspirar por algo/algn

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pine

[ˈpaɪn]

(also pine tree) → pin m

(= timber) → pin
made of pine → en pin
All their furniture is made of pine → Tous leurs meubles sont en pin.

modif

[forest] → de pins pine grove, pine kernel

[furniture] → en pin
a pine table → une table en pin

vi → languir

pine away

vi → dépérir

pine for

vt fus → se languir de

pine

pine cone

n → Kiefernzapfen m

pine forest

n → Kiefernwald m

pine marten

n → Baummarder m

pine needle

n → Kiefernnadel f

pine tree

n → Kiefer f

pine wood

n → Kiefernwald m; (= material) → Kiefernholz nt

pine

n → Kiefer f

pine

to pine for somebody/something → sich nach jdm/etw sehnen or verzehren

(= pine away, be sad) → sich vor Kummer verzehren

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pine

¹ [paɪn] n (also pine tree) → pino

pine

² [paɪn] vi to pine for sb/sth → sentire tanto la mancanza di qn/qc

pine away vi + adv → languire, deperire

pine¹

(pain) noun

1. any of several kinds of evergreen trees with cones (ˈpine-cones) and needlelike leaves ( ˈpine-needles).

2. its wood. The table is made of pine; (also adjective) a pine table.

pine²

(pain) verb

1. (often with away) to lose strength, become weak (with pain, grief etc). Since his death she has been pining (away).

2. (usually with for) to want (something) very much; to long (for someone or something, or to do something). He knew that his wife was pining for home.

pine

→ صُنَوْبَر borovice fyrretræ Kiefer πεύκο pino mänty pin bor pino マツ 소나무 pijnboom furu sosna pinheiro, pinho сосна tall ต้นสน çam cây thông 松树

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If he wished for a barrel of molasses, he might purchase it with a pile of pine boards.

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She boarded with the Armstrongs, who lived beyond Golden Milestone around the hill of pines. Until the snow disappeared she went out to the main road by the long Armstrong lane; but when spring came she was wont to take a shorter way, down the pine hill, across the brook, past Jasper Dale's garden, and out through his lane.

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As I sit at my window this summer afternoon, hawks are circling about my clearing; the tantivy of wild pigeons, flying by two and threes athwart my view, or perching restless on the white pine boughs behind my house, gives a voice to the air; a fish hawk dimples the glassy surface of the pond and brings up a fish; a mink steals out of the marsh before my door and seizes a frog by the shore; the sedge is bending under the weight of the reed-birds flitting hither and thither; and for the last half-hour I have heard the rattle of railroad cars, now dying away and then reviving like the beat of a partridge, conveying travellers from Boston to the country.

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He was so very tall that he carried a pine tree, which was eight feet through the butt, for a walking stick.

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This smoke (or flame, perhaps, would be the better word for it) was so bright that the deep blue sky overhead and the hazy stretches of brown common towards Chertsey, set with black pine trees, seemed to darken abruptly as these puffs arose, and to remain the darker after their dispersal.

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The Judge examined the fresh marks in the bark of the pine, and, shaking his head, said with a laugh:

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The barasingh backed unwillingly as Purun Bhagat drove a pine torch deep into the flame, twirling it till it was well lit.

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At the bend of the Danube, vessels, an island, and a castle with a park surrounded by the waters of the confluence of the Enns and the Danube became visible, and the rocky left bank of the Danube covered with pine forests, with a mystic background of green treetops and bluish gorges.

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Seeing himself lost, he climbed up a giant pine tree and sat there to see what he could see.

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If two strangers crossing the Pine Barrens in New York State, or the equally desolate Salisbury Plain in England; if casually encountering each other in such inhospitable wilds, these twain, for the life of them, cannot well avoid a mutual salutation; and stopping for a moment to interchange the news; and, perhaps, sitting down for a while and resting in concert: then, how much more natural that upon the illimitable Pine Barrens and Salisbury Plains of the sea, two whaling vessels descrying each other at the ends of the earth --off lone Fanning's Island, or the far away King's Mills; how much more natural, I say, that under such circumstances these ships should not only interchange hails, but come into still closer, more friendly and sociable contact.

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Gilbert and Anne loitered a little behind the others, enjoying the calm, still beauty of the autumn afternoon under the pines of the park, on the road that climbed and twisted round the harbor shore.

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As the motorcars passed through Summer Street they raised only a little dust, and their stench was soon dispersed by the wind and replaced by the scent of the wet birches or of the pines. Mr.

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