Pining

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.

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[Middle English, from Old English pn- (as in pntrow, pine tree), from Latin pnus; see pei- in Indo-European roots.]

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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.

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[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 k^wei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun

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pining - a feeling of deep longing             longing, yearning, hungriness - prolonged unfulfilled desire or need lovesickness - a pining for a loved one