I. ˈpīn noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from (assumed) Old English pīn punishment, torment, from Latin poena — more at pain
1. archaic : mental suffering : anguish , grief , sorrow
2. obsolete : privation , want , famine
3. also pine disease : a dietary deficiency disease of sheep or cattle marked by anemia, malnutrition, and general debility ; specifically : such a disease due to cobalt deficiency
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English pinen, from Old English pīnian, from (assumed) Old English pīn punishment, torment
transitive verb
1.
a. obsolete : to inflict pain upon : torment , torture
b. chiefly dialect : to waste, wear out, consume, or exhaust by suffering or in grieving
pined his flesh — Edmund Spenser
c. archaic : to grieve or mourn for
2. : to shrink or dry (fish) especially in curing
intransitive verb
1. : to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief, anxiety, or hunger) : become wasted (as through sorrow) : languish , fade
so she pined, and so she died forlorn — John Keats
— often used with away
sickens immediately, pines away, and is soon dead — Bill Beatty
2. : to languish with desire : yearn intensely — used with for
pined for his native hills
3. archaic : repine , lament
Synonyms: see long
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīn, from Latin pinus; akin to Greek pitys pine, Sanskrit pitu drink, food — more at pip
1. : a tree of the genus Pinus
2.
a. : the straight-grained white or yellow usually very durable often highly resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pines to hardness in the longleaf pine and related forms — compare fir
b. Midland & South : kindling wood
3.
a. : any of numerous coniferous trees of Australia: as
(1) : a tree of the genus Callitris : cypress pine
(2) : a tree of various other genera (as Agathis, Podocarpus, Araucaria, Cupressus, and Dacrydium )
b. : the wood of an Australian pine
4.
a. : paraná pine
b. : the wood of the Paraná pine
5. : pineapple
IV. adjective
1. : of or relating to the pine — often used in combination
pine -clad hills
2. : made of pine wood