Pine

Word PINE
Character 4
Hyphenation pine
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Pine"

What do we mean by pine?

To feel a lingering, often nostalgic desire. intransitive verb

To wither or waste away from longing or grief. intransitive verb

To grieve or mourn for. intransitive verb

Intense longing or grief. noun

Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Pinus, having fascicles of needle-shaped leaves and producing woody seed-bearing cones. These trees are widely cultivated for ornament and shade and for their timber and resinous sap, which yields turpentine and pine tar. noun

Any of various other coniferous trees, such as the Norfolk Island pine. noun

The wood of any of these trees. noun

The black-headed gull, Chroïcocephalus ridibundus. Also pinemaw. noun

To pain; afflict; torture; starve; wear out or consume, as with sickness, pain, or grief.

To grieve for; bemoan; bewail.

To be consumed with grief or longing; grow thin or waste away with pain, sorrow, or longing; languish: often with away: as, she pined away and died.

To long; languish with longing desire: usually with for before the object of desire.

To shrink or “render,” as fish in the process of curing.

Same as foxtail-pine (which see, under pine). noun

See black pine . noun

Same as stone-pine in any of the senses. noun

Same as table-mountain pine (which see, under pine). noun

In New South Wales, a variety of Callitris robusta. See black pine . noun

A low tree, Pinus contorta, ranging along the Pacific coast from Alaska to northern California and to some extent inland. It has either a compact round head or an open picturesque one which has given rise to the name twisted pine. It seems to grade into the lodge-pole pine. The saccharine cambium is eaten by the Indians. Also coast scrub-pine. noun

Same as slash-pine. Also she pitch-pine. noun

Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.

The wood of this tree.

(obsolete except South Africa) A pineapple.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pine

The word "pine" in example sentences

Comparisons: The Scotch pine is apt to be confused with the _Austrian pine_ (_Pinus austriaca_), because they both have two needles to each cluster. ❋ Jacob Joshua Levison (N/A)

To the north of the Neuse river loams and loose loams are the more frequent upland soils and the growth is loblolly pine (North Carolina pine* ❋ North Carolina. Board Of Agriculture. (1896)

The entire place is swathed in pine walls, floors and counters. ❋ Cator Sparks (2010)

But the interior, wrapped in windows and handsome in honey-colored heart pine, is designed to pull the outdoors in. ❋ Tom Sietsema (2010)

It's part of a drastic response to an onslaught of mountain pine beetles now threatening the park. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Base of jack pine is usually laden with pitch and twigs or branches broken off cedar will burn almost anytime. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nestled high in pine forests at the foot of a sacred volcano in the western state of Michoacan, the municipality of 26,000 promotes itself as "the world avocado capital." ❋ Anne-Marie O'Connor (2010)

Those who are ‘leaving’ the city are largely doing so in pine boxes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Those overglazed trees (rendered in doucai, the “interlocking colors” of sage green, eggplant, and brown) are the suihan sanyou, the “Three Friends of Winter,” in other words a pine, some stems of bamboo, and branches of prunus picked out so exactly in flecks of red enamel — the auspicious plum, the first blossoms to arrive after the Chinese new year. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And like the other guys said a white pine is my tree of choice for both the cover scent and the branches below me for cover. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The researchers used satellite imagery to map lodgepole stands attacked by mountain pine beetles, hiked into the areas to confirm the beetle damage and measured fuel loads. ❋ Bettina Boxall (2010)

Not only do they do this type businesss many have been caught taking bodies out of coffins and puting them in pine boxes then reselling the coffins. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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