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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.

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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.]

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Pine [paɪn]

n

(Biographies / Pine, Courtney (1964 M, British, MUSIC: jazz saxophonist) Courtney. born 1964, British jazz saxophonist

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pine¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any other tree or shrub of the family Pinaceae

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) the wood of any of these trees

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as ground pine and screw pine

[Old English pīn, from Latin pīnus pine]

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pine²

vb

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

2. (intr; 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]

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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.

Thesaurus

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
	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

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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

Translations

pine¹ [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

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pine² [paɪn] VI (also to pine away) → consumirse, languidecer
to pine for sth/sb → suspirar por algo/algn

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pine [ˈpaɪn]

n

(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

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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

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pine¹

n → Kiefer f

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pine²

vi

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

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

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pine¹ [paɪn] n (also pine tree) → pino

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pine² [paɪn] vi to pine for sb/sth → sentire tanto la mancanza di qn/qc

pine away vi + adv → languire, deperire

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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 松 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 松树

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 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 松木

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pine²

v pine [pain]

1 (often withaway) to lose strength, become weak (with pain, grief etc) Since his death she has been pining (away). wegkwyn يَهْزُل، يَهِن، يَضْعُف вехна chřadnout sygne hen sich grämen μαραζώνω languidecer, consumirse otsa jääma تحلیل رفتن riutua dépérir לִדעוֹך कमजोर होना žalovati,ginuti emésztődik lemah veslast upp penare, deperire やつれる 수척해지다 džiūti, nykti nīkt; vārgt; dilt merana kwijnen sykne hen; vansmekte więdnąć definhar a se stinge (încet) чахнуть chradnúť hirati venuti tyna av (bort), försmäkta อ่อนแรง sararıp solmak, eriyip bitmek 憔悴，衰弱 скніти, чахнути کمزور ہونا tiều tụy 憔悴，衰弱

2 (usually withfor) to want (something) very much; to long (for someone or something, or to do something) He knew that his wife was pining for home. verlang يَذوب حَسْرَةً ، يَشْتاق копнея toužit (po) længes sich sehnen λαχταρώ, λιώνω για κτ. suspirar por, anhelar por igatsema در آرزوی چیزی سوختن kaivata languir pour לְהִתאַבֵּל עַל- लालसा होना čeznuti za,silno željeti sóvárog mendambakan þrá struggersi 思いこがれる 갈망하다 ilgėtis ilgoties; skumt merindui smachten lengte sårt tęsknić estar com saudades de a tânji (după) жаждать; тосковать túžiť (po) hrepeneti čeznuti tråna, trängta ต้องการมาก özlemek 渴望 жадати اشتياق رکھنا mong muốn tha thiết 渴望

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pine → شجرة الصنوبر borovice fyrretræ Kiefer πεύκο pino mänty pin bor pino マツ 소나무 pijnboom furu sosna pinho сосна tall ต้นสน çam cây thông 松树