Pine
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pine¹
- /paɪn/ US, UK
Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
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.
noun pines · pyne
- Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus. The northern slopes were covered mainly in pine.
- Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
- The wood of this tree. Give disease, so the swine will marry and propagate lies / Tough luck for elected officials, the beast you see got 50 eyes / Bring it on home, spread the wealth / Play it cool, the hand's been dealt / Now all the odds are in our favor / Save the victory speeches for later / Streets on fire / The mob
- A pineapple. "[…] I bought a pine-apple at the same time, which I gave to Sambo. Let's have it for tiffin; very cool and nice this hot weather." Rebecca said she had never tasted a pine, and longed beyond everything to taste one.
- The bench, where players sit when not playing. […] rather than languish on the pine in Miami.
- A counter or bartop. I'll be behind the pine slinging your favorite cold ones, so come and see me!
pine²
- /paɪn/ US, UK
Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English pyne, pine, probably from Old English *pīne (“pain”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā (“pain, torment, torture”), possibly from Latin poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”). Cognate to pain.
Entered Germanic with Christianity; cognate to Middle Dutch pinen, Old High German pīnōn, Old Norse pína.
noun pines · pyne
- A painful longing.
pine³
- /paɪn/ US, UK
Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English pynen, from Old English pīnian (“to torment”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnōn, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā (“pain, torment, torture”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with German peinigen (“to torment, torture”), Icelandic pína (“to torment”).
verb pines · pining · pined · pyne
- To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress. Why pine not I, and die in this distress?
- To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering. Laura was pining for Bill all the time he was gone.
- To grieve or mourn for.
- To inflict pain upon; to torment. Which way, O Lord, which way can I look, and not see some sad examples of misery? […] [O]ne is pined in prison; another, tortured on the rack; a third, languisheth under the loss of a dear son, or wife, or husband.
Pine⁴
proper noun Pines
- A surname
