pine
noun
[ pʌɪn ]
• an evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. Many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.
• a pineapple.
Origin:
Old English, from Latin pinus, reinforced in Middle English by Old French pin .
pine
verb
• suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart.
• "she thinks I am pining away from love"
Similar:
languish,
decline,
go into a decline,
lose strength,
weaken,
waste away,
dwindle,
wilt,
wither,
fade,
flag,
sicken,
droop,
brood,
mope,
moon,
peak,
yearn,
long,
ache,
sigh,
hunger,
thirst,
itch,
carry a torch,
miss,
mourn,
lament,
grieve over,
cry/weep over,
fret about,
shed tears for,
bemoan,
rue,
regret the loss/absence of,
hanker for/after,
eat one's heart out over,
cry out for,
Origin:
Old English pīnian ‘(cause to) suffer’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijnen, German peinen ‘experience pain’, also to obsolete pine ‘punishment’; ultimately based on Latin poena ‘punishment’.
