pine
Pronunciation
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- (countable) A pine tree is a tree of the Pinus family.
- The pine trees were cut down to make room for new skyscrapers.
- (uncountable) Pine is the wood that comes from these trees.
Verb
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- (intransitive) If you pine for a person or thing, you long for them so much that it causes suffering.
- Laura was pining for Bill all the time he was gone.