I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pine/beech/birch etc forest
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A narrow path led through the pine forest.
pine marten
pine needle
pine nut
pine tree
pitch pine
solid wood/pine/oak etc
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a chest made of solid oak
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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They placed the baskets in a convenient hollow by a large pine and covered them with the blanket.
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In the center of the kitchen was a large pine table, bleached by age, with benches on either side.
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An ornate iron gate presided over its entrance. Large dark pines stood like sentinels guarding the sweep of wintry garden.
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A large pine wardrobe made £300; an old Victorian sideboard, £340 and a three-piece suite, £325.
old
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Sunday roasts are her speciality, with the whole family sitting around an old pine table.
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Mission furniture mixed with Adirondack twisted hickory and painted old pine .
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I found him there alone, slumped at an old pine farmhouse table, a mug of tea sitting in front of him.
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The old pine settle is another treasured find.
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The inner doors were old pine , the carpet a rich shade of honey-tan.
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So their home was decorated with cane furniture, old pine and, of course, their own paintings and sculptures.
solid
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The graceful brass plated trimmings and finials are complemented here by the solid pine Osborne surround.
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She flung open the solid pine door, standing aside for Jane and Robert to enter.
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Also popular are the solid pine Farmhouse tables in standard designs, or in special sizes to order.
tall
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The landscape becomes gradually more mountainous as you climb through the Bohemian Forest with its stands of tall , dark pines .
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This, of course, sounds like the light under tall pines .
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White linen and a checked blanket add freshness, while a tall pine chest fits perfectly in the alcove.
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They drove into a shaded parking area bordered by willows on one side and tall pines on the other.
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It was one of those tall pines .
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Mathilde looked, recognized the duster of tall pines , the little bridge, the stream rushing beneath it.
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No more tawny owls in the tall Scotch pines .
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On the branch of a tall pine was a colourful small bird.
white
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It is very simply but tastefully furnished with white walls, pine furnishings and flowery fabrics.
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We saw a great white pine with a huge stick nest on top, probably that of an osprey.
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Scattered through it are a few white pine trees well over five feet thick at the butt.
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His materials were white pine , mahogany, cherry.
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A few white pines and some hemlocks grow along the top and the sides of this esker.
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There are white bass and white pines and white ants.
■ NOUN
cone
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Or the pine cone hanging by his door.
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They look like crude, longish pine cones , with bracts clearly recognizable as modified leaves.
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The pine cone appeared on many ancient amulets and was regarded as a symbol of fertility.
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Hanging from the ceiling is a cello-size pine cone .
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She was picking up huge pine cones .
forest
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Sixteen parrots were released in the pine forests of the Chiricahua mountains early this year.
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We were parked at the edge of a pine forest above Chichicastenango.
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Towards the north these turn into pine forests and eventually thin out to form the grassy plains of Kislev.
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It is a dark and brooding pine forest thick with raiders, bandits, and Chaos warbands.
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Stately pine forests carpeted the shoreline.
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Capture meant instant deportation, so on sight of the police they fled into the upland pine forests and cacti.
marten
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The rabbits you are after may already have been bolted by natural predators such as stoats, weasels, mink and pine martens .
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Rising populations of pine martens are rare, but Crom is an exception.
needle
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The scent and hissing of pine needles make him believe he's in a hospital where nurses pass by him.
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Gourd artist Alice Hunter of Tavares will teach pine-needle weaving, demonstrating how to decorate rims of gourds with pine needles .
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She was pointing at a recess scraped in the soft earth and pine needles .
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I really believe I could have hit a mosquito in the eye with a pine needle at thirty paces.
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These are domed-shaped mounds, around three feet across, covered in pine needles and busy with ants moving over the surface.
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Pick up a handful of pine needles from the forest floor.
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Bursting from the trees ahead of him, three black shapes came hurtling towards him over the pine needle floor of the clearing.
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Kenny stabbed the toe of his shoe into the layer of pine needles , digging for the dirt beneath.
nut
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Pour garlic sauce over hot chicken pieces and sprinkle with toasted pine nuts and sultanas.
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At one point she instructed the courtroom on how to cook pine nuts .
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Sprinkle each with the pine nuts .
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Preheat oven to 325 F.. Toast pine nuts in preheated oven until they are lightly golden, about 8 minutes.
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In a small bowl, mix together pine nuts , parsley, and lemon zest.
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Sprinkle pine nut mixture over and serve immediately.
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Add pine nuts and sauce and bring to a gentle boil.
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Remove from oven and sprinkle fete cheese and herb and pine nut garnishes over top.
table
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Sunday roasts are her speciality, with the whole family sitting around an old pine table .
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In the center of the kitchen was a large pine table , bleached by age, with benches on either side.
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Beneath his elbow, the pine table was spotlessly scrubbed.
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Around a pine table sat a beautiful girl with two men.
tree
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Along the way we noticed young pine trees with cloth wrapped around the top shoots to stop deer eating them.
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In the distance he saw a rabbit shivering under a pine tree .
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I could see the shimmering green crown of pine trees around Bourani.
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He found a few others: a sphagnum moss peat bog can repel the invasion of pine trees for thousands of years.
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As they approached the top of the hill, the pine trees were taller and less dense.
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But manatee revelers wanted no part of the little pine trees .
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It is not the scenery - after the first million pine trees there are a billion more.
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In the distance a few lights from Five Oaks blinked through the apple and pine trees swaying in the wind.
wood
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Lights were already beginning to diamond out of the shadowed pine woods on the lower slopes.
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Maggie and Nevil walked hand-in-hand through a pine wood .
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Road bends right then left, then passes small pine wood .
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None of them allowed their eyes to turn towards the pine wood .
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Set amidst lush shrubs and pine woods , everywhere you turn you find unexpected vistas of the shimmering bay.
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One witness then saw the aircraft travelling over his garden and a nearby pine wood at 200 to 300 feet.
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The bedrooms are fairly spacious with balcony overlooking the sea or the pine woods which surround the building.
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How could it be otherwise, since this was Wyvis Hall and the pine wood and the animal cemetery?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a grove of pines
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gourd artist Alice Hunter of Tavares will teach pine-needle weaving, demonstrating how to decorate rims of gourds with pine needles.
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I feed him, then leave him silent and contented on the branch of a pine by the cabin.
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I liked to linger in the shadow of a pine green corridor.
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The graceful brass plated trimmings and finials are complemented here by the solid pine Osborne surround.
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The scent and hissing of pine needles make him believe he's in a hospital where nurses pass by him.
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The scientists injected the fungus into young pine trees, which were then placed in pots.
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This block is dovetailed into the pine framing of the sides so it can be slipped off for disassembly.
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We nodded, opened the door and ran outside under the pine trees, eager to wallow in our laughter.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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The Vaudois pined away or escaped, and the Monregalesi were allowed to return home after a few years.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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For months Jennifer stayed at home, pining away for Jack.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I left my office chair to pine for my speedy return and took myself over to the window.
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She thinks I am pining away from love.
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The girls who pined and died for love would nowadays be thought anorexic.
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The Smiths and our time are about pining for a home.
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Yet how he must have pined for recognition from Placide.