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- [pahyn]
- /paɪn/
- /paɪn/
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- [pahyn]
- /paɪn/
Definitions of pine word
- noun pine Archaic. painful longing. 1
- verb without object pine to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often followed by for): to pine for one's home and family. 1
- verb without object pine to fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, or longing (often followed by away): Separated by their families, the lovers pined away. 1
- verb without object pine Archaic. to be discontented; fret. 1
- verb with object pine Archaic. to suffer grief or regret over. 1
- noun pine tree type 1
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Origin of pine
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English pīn < Latin pīnus
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Parts of speech for Pine
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pine popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pine usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pine
verb pine
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- conk out — If something such as a machine or a vehicle conks out, it stops working or breaks down.
- cotton to — If you cotton to someone or something, you start to like them.
- decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
adj pine
- apple — An apple is a round fruit with smooth green, yellow, or red skin and firm white flesh.
- aquamarine — Aquamarines are clear, greenish-blue stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- beryl — a white, blue, yellow, green, or pink mineral, found in coarse granites and igneous rocks. It is a source of beryllium and is sometimes used as a gemstone; the green variety is emerald, the blue is aquamarine. Composition: beryllium aluminium silicate. Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18. Crystal structure: hexagonal
- bice — a medium blue colour; azurite
- blue-green — a color about midway between blue and green in the spectrum.
noun pine
- conifer — Conifers are a group of trees and shrubs, for example pine trees and fir trees, that grow in cooler areas of the world. They have fruit called cones, and very thin leaves called needles which they do not normally lose in winter.
- douglas — Isle of, an island of the British Isles, in the Irish Sea. 227 sq. mi. (588 sq. km). Capital: Douglas.
- fir — any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- evergreen — Of or denoting a plant that retains green leaves throughout the year.
adjective pine
- kelly — a man's stiff hat, as a derby or straw skimmer.
- olive — a female given name.
- willow — any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, characterized by narrow, lance-shaped leaves and dense catkins bearing small flowers, many species having tough, pliable twigs or branches used for wickerwork, etc. Compare willow family.
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