pine
Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
Noun
- Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
- The northern slopes were covered mainly in pine.
- I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew,...
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a...
- Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
- The wood of this tree.
Synonyms: pinewood
- 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. -...
- Linda carried the oysters in one hand and the pineapple in the other. […] [S]he put the bottle of oysters and the pine on a little carved chair. - 1918 June, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry],...
- The bench, where players sit when not playing.
- […] rather than languish on the pine in Miami. - 2013, Sam Zygner, The Forgotten Marlins, page 287:
- Take off your gear and hit the pine. And don't take your time. You understand me, boy? - 2019, Martin Copeland, The Boys from Dogtown:
- A counter or bartop.
- I'll be behind the pine slinging your favorite cold ones, so come and see me!
Origin
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.
Forms
Derived
Aleppo pine arolla pine Austrian pine ayacahuite pine Balfour pine Balkan pine Baltic pine Bhutan pine black pine blue pine Bosnian pine Brazilian pine bristlecone pine bull pine bunya pine Burnt Pine California Pines Canadian red pine Caribbean pine celery pine Chihuahua pine Chile pine Chilean pine chilgoza pine
Noun archaic
- A painful longing.
Origin
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.
Forms
Verb
- To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
- Why pine not I, and die in this distress? - c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas...
- [T]hou mayſt know / What miſerie th' inabſtinence of Eve / Shall bring on men. Immediately a place / Before his eyes appeard, ſad, noyſom, dark, / A Lazar-houſe it ſeemd, wherein were laid / Numbers all diſeas'd, […] /...
- This night shall see the gaudy wreath decline, The roses wither and the lilies pine. - 170?, Thomas Tickell, To a Lady; With a Present of Flowers:
- To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
- Laura was pining for Bill all the time he was gone.
- Praline: "That parrot is definitely deceased. And when I bought it not half an hour ago you assured me that its lack of movement was due to it being tired and shagged out after a long squawk." Shopkeeper: "It's probably...
- Ten years ago, liberals pined for a post-religious right, a different culture war. Be careful what you wish for. - 2016 August 14, Ross Douthat, “A Playboy for President”, in The New York Times:
- To grieve or mourn for.
Synonyms: bewail lament afterthink becry begrieve bemoan bemourn beweep condole deplore elegize grieve grieven keen mean mourn pine repent sigh sorrow wail wayment
- 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. -...
Synonyms: afflict torment torture ache aggrieve agonize anguish dere excruciate hurt irritate pang pine rack throe wring
Origin
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”).