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Definition of pine
1 : any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals
2 : the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pine to hardness in the longleaf pine
3 : any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria)
4 : pineapple
5 : bench 1c
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Recent Examples of pine from the Web
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Judy Swink, a longtime park activist, asked why a mature pine tree had been cut down next to the Spreckels Organ Pavilion.
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California’s Great Red North is the opposite, a vast, rural, mountainous tract of pine forests with a political ethos that bears more resemblance to Texas than to Los Angeles.
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The postcard-worthy landscape also offers a unique combination of flora, with agave, palm trees, and Mediterranean pine tree forests all around.
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Vinegar Hill House is super flexible and Chef Michael Poiarkoff’s roast chicken is my favorite in the whole city and my husband loves the spinach and ricotta manicotti with pork ragu and pine nuts.
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But although the lime green door is no more, there is much more green overall on the property with the addition of 40-some pine trees and plants replacing rocks out front.
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Serve lamb with toasted pitas, pine nut hummus and sliced tomatoes.
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There are still stripes of snow on the mountains, which are peppered here and there with fistfuls of pipe-cleaner pine trees.
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The morning after, red spray paint marked the path that investigators studied, the bike jumping the curb, scarring and gouging the grass over several hundred feet before battering between a utility pole and a stand of pine trees.
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Origin and Etymology of pine
Middle English, from Old English pīn, from Latin pinus; probably akin to Greek pitys pine
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Definition of pine
pined
;pining
intransitive verb
1 : to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) : languish
2 : to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable they still pined for their lost wealth
Recent Examples of pine from the Web
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Some especially sentimental fans may still pine for bygone frontman Steve Perry, who quit in the late 1990s.
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Hard-core basketball fans might pine for the East Region to go according to form, setting up Villanova vs. Duke in the round of 8 at Madison Square Garden.
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Origin and Etymology of pine
Middle English, from Old English pīnian to suffer, from *pīn punishment, from Latin poena — more at pain
Synonym Discussion of pine
PINE Defined for English Language Learners
pine
playDefinition of pine for English Language Learners
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: a tree that has long, thin needles instead of leaves and that stays green throughout the year
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: the wood of a pine tree that is often used to make furniture
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Definition of pine for English Language Learners
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: to become thin and weak because of sadness or loss
PINE Defined for Kids
Definition of pine for Students
: an evergreen tree that has cones, narrow needles for leaves, and a wood that ranges from very soft to hard
Definition of pine for Students
pined
;pining
1 : to become thin and weak because of sadness or worry
2 : to long for very much She pined for home.
Medical Dictionary
pine
Medical Definition of pine
: a dietary deficiency disease of sheep or cattle marked by anemia, malnutrition, and general debility; specifically : such a disease due to cobalt deficiency—compare morton mains disease
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