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pine

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pine 1  (pn)
n.
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 pn- (as in pntrow, pine tree), from Latin pnus; see pei- in Indo-European roots.]

pine 2  (pn)
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 Old English pnian, to cause to suffer, from *pne, pain, from Vulgar Latin *pna, penalty, variant of Latin poena, from Greek poin; see kwei-1 in Indo-European roots.]

pine 1
Noun
1. an evergreen tree with long needle-shaped leaves and brown cones
2. the light-coloured wood of this tree [Latin pinus]

pine 2
Verb
[pining, pined]
1. (often foll. by for)to feel great longing (for)
2. (often foll. by away)to become ill or thin through grief or longing [Old English pīnian to torture]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pinepine - a coniferous tree                    
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
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
Verb1.pinepine - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
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
pine for something or someone
1. long, ache, crave, yearn, sigh, carry a torch, eat your heart out over, suspire (archaic), (poetic)
2. hanker after, crave, covet, wish for, yearn for, thirst for, hunger for, lust after
Translations
pine [paɪn] n (also: pine tree) → pino
vi to pine for → suspirar por
pine away vimorirse de pena

pine [paɪn] n (also: pine tree) → pin m
vi to pine for → aspirer à, désirer ardemment
pine away vidépérir

pine [paɪn] n (also: pine tree) → Kiefer f;
(wood) → Kiefernholz nt
vi to pine for → sich sehnen nach
pine away pine visich (vor Kummer) verzehren

pine [paɪn] n (also: pine tree ) → pino
vi to pine for → struggersi dal desiderio di
pine away vilanguire

pine1
n pine [pain]
1 any of several kinds of evergreen trees with cones (ˈpine-cones) and needlelike leaves ( ˈpine-needles). denne صنوبَر иглолистни borovice fyrretræ die Kiefer πεύκο pino -mänd کاج mänty pin אוֹרֶן एक सदाबहार पौधा borovina fenyő(fa) tusam, pohon cemara fura pino 솔, 소나무 pušis priede pokok pain pijnboom furu(tre) sosna pinheiro pin сосна borovica bor bor tall, fura, pinje ต้นสน çam 松樹 сосна صنوبر cây thông
2 its wood The table is made of pine; (also adjective ) a pine table. dennehout خَشَب الصّنوبَر направен от иглолистно дърво (z) borovice fyrretræ; fyrretræs- das Kiefernholz, Kiefern-... ξύλο πεύκου pino männipuu چوب کاج mänty (de) pin עֵץ אוֹרֵן चीड़ की लकड़ी bor fenyőfa kayu tusam furuviður pino; di pino 松材 소나무 재목(의) pušis; pušinis priedes koks kayu pain vurehout furu(-) sosna pinho (de/din) pin сосновая древесина borovica: z borovice, borovicový borovina borovina furu ไม้สน çam (kerestesi) 松木 сосна صنوبر کي لکڑي gỗ thông


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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.
Rising in steep roofs and spires of seagreen slate in the manner of the old French-Scotch chateaux, it reminded an Englishman of the sinister steeple-hats of witches in fairy tales; and the pine woods that rocked round the green turrets looked, by comparison, as black as numberless flocks of ravens.
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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