pine as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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pine
noun
1 pine
2 pine
Straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus.
Dutch: dennehout, pijnhout
Polish: sośnina, sosna
verb
1 pine
Have a desire for something or someone who is not present.
synonyms: ache, languish, yearn, yen.
Roget 655:
be ill
etc.
adj.;
ail,
suffer,
labor under,
be affected with,
complain of,
have;
droop,
flag,
languish,
halt;
sicken,
peak,
pine;
gasp.
keep one's bed;
feign sickness
etc.
(falsehood)
544.
lay by,
lay up;
take a disease,
catch a disease
etc.
n.,
catch an infection;
break out.
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Roget 828:
feel pain,
suffer pain,
experience pain,
undergo pain,
bear pain,
endure pain
etc.
n.,
smart,
ache
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
suffer,
bleed,
ail;
be the victim of.
labor under afflictions;
bear the cross;
quaff the bitter cup,
have a bad time of it;
fall on evil days
etc.
(adversity)
735;
go hard with,
come to grief,
fall a sacrifice to,
drain the cup of misery to the dregs,
sup full of horrors"
[Macbeth].
sit on thorns,
be on pins and needles,
wince,
fret,
chafe,
worry oneself,
be in a taking,
fret and fume;
take on,
take to heart;
cark†.
grieve;
mourn
etc.
(lament)
839;
yearn,
repine,
pine,
droop,
languish,
sink;
give way;
despair
etc.
859;
break one's heart;
weigh upon the heart
etc.
(inflict pain)
830.
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Roget 837:
be dejected
etc.
adj.;
grieve;
mourn
etc.
(lament)
839;
take on,
give way,
lose heart,
despond,
droop,
sink.
lower,
look downcast,
frown,
pout;
hang down the head;
pull a long face,
make a long face;
laugh on the wrong side of the mouth;
grin a ghastly smile;
look blue,
look like a drowned man;
lay to heart,
take to heart.
mope,
brood over;
fret;
sulk;
pine,
pine away;
yearn;
repine
etc.
(regret)
833;
despair
etc.
859.
refrain from laughter,
keep one's countenance;
be grave,
look grave
etc.
adj.;
repress a smile.
depress;
discourage,
dishearten;
dispirit;
damp,
dull,
deject,
lower,
sink,
dash,
knock down,
unman,
prostrate,
break one's heart;
frown upon;
cast a gloom,
cast a shade on;
sadden;
damp one's hopes,
dash one's hopes,
wither one's hopes;
weigh on the mind,
lie heavy on the mind,
prey on the mind,
weigh on the spirits,
lie heavy on the spirits,
prey on the spirits;
damp the spirits,
depress the spirits.
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Dutch: verlangen, zuchten, dorsten, haken, hongeren, hunkeren, reikhalzen, smachten, snakken
Moby thesaurus: ache, ache for, agonize, be dying for, be hurting for, bleed, break, brood, brood over, cave in, clamor for, collapse, come apart, come unstuck, conk out, crave, crumble, cry for, decline, desiccate, diminish, disintegrate, dream, droop, drop, dry up, dwindle, fade, fade away, fail, faint, fizzle out, flag, fret, gape for, give out, give way, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces, grieve, hanker, hit the skids, hone for, hope for, hunger, itch for, languish, languish for, long for, lose strength, lust for, mope, mourn, pant for, peak, peg out, peter out, pine away, pine for, poop out, run down, sear, shrink, shrivel, sigh, sigh for, sink, sorrow, spoil for, take on, thirst, thirst for, waste, waste away, weaken, wear away, wear thin, weary for, wilt, wish for, wither, wither away, wizen, yearn, yearn for, yen for, yield ... show more.
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