Pine - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |paɪn|  American pronunciation of the word pine
Brit.  |paɪn|  British pronunciation of the word pine

noun

- a coniferous tree
- 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 (syn: ache, languish, yearn, yen)

Extra examples

Grace missed him so badly that she almost pined away to nothing.

The boy has been pining over his dead dog for more than a week now.

Six months after he left, she was still pining.

The smell of pine sends my mind back to childhood.

Her bed was a mound of soft pine needles.

Pine trees stood straight along the path.

Pine trees skirt the northern edge of the pond.

The pine trees dripped sap onto the cars.

Pine trees exude a sticky substance.

The lake was a horseshoe surrounded by tall pine trees.

Pine trees belong to the evergreen class.

We've got a make on Beth Pine. She's on our files.

Pine trees march up the mountainside.

The carpet of pine needles was soft underfoot.

Pine wood saws easily.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: pine
he/she/it: pines
present participle: pining
past tense: pined
past participle: pined
noun
singular: pine
plural: pines
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