pine

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
2. (countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
3. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
4. (Australia, Guyana, South-Africa, countable, uncountable) A pineapple.
5. (colloquial, uncountable) The bench, where players sit when not playing.
6. (colloquial, uncountable) A counter or bartop.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
2. (intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
3. (transitive) To grieve or mourn for.
4. (transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment.

Synonyms

yearn

languish

pine tree

pine-tree

miss

ache

true pine

melt

waste

wither

droop

hunger

yen

💴

tabefy

spruce

long

crave

waste away

long for

loose

need

perish

pine wood

regret

sad

☹️

shrink

slack

spoil

suffer

thaw

tree

🌳

unman

want

weaken

wilt

yellow

become exhausted

liquify

Pinus

Scotch pine

Scots pine

Pinaceae

be languid

sweal

consume away

mugo

whitebark

tire oneself out

Scotch fir

soledad pine

Translations

pin

pino

pino

Kiefer

pinheiro

pijnboom

den

πεύκο

pinus

pi

Föhre

pinho

çam

صنوبر

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pyne

Cognate with Sanskrit: पितु

Inherited from Middle English: pine

Inherited from Old English: *pīn

Cognate with Middle Dutch: pinen

Cognate with Old High German: pīnōn

Cognate with Old Norse: pína

Inherited from Middle English: pinen

Inherited from Old English: pīnian

Cognate with German: peinigen

Cognate with Icelandic: pína

In summary

From Middle English pyne, from Old English *pīne, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā, from Latin pīnus, see there for more. Doublet of pinus. Possibly related to fat.