pine Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a coniferous tree
true pine; pine tree.
noun straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
verb have a desire for something or someone who is not present
ache; yearn; languish; yen.
- She ached for a cigarette
- I am pining for my lover

AS. pin, L. poena penalty. See Pain.

AS. pinan to torment, fr. pin torment. See 1st Pine, Pain, n. & v.

imperfect & past participle Pined ; present participle & verbal noun Pining

To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. Obs. Chaucer. Shak.
That people that pyned him to death. Piers Plowman.

One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack. Bp. Hall.
To grieve or mourn for. R. Milton.

To suffer; to be afflicted. Obs.
To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away. "The roses wither and the lilies pine." Tickell.
To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.
For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pined. Shak.
Syn. -- To languish; droop; flag; wither; decay.

AS. pin, L. pinus.

(Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus. ✍ There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the white pine (P. Strobus), the Georgia pine (P. australis), the red pine (P. resinosa), and the great West Coast sugar pine (P. Lambertiana) are among the most valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See Pinon. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera.
The wood of the pine tree.
A pineapple.