to pine
- verb
- /paɪn/
- Invariably, I found myself pining for Mona, despising myself for being such a slave to my fetish.
- pine away
It was just them pining after each other in different situations.
- It was just them pining after each other in different situations.
- And she she Pines for that equality.
- Did you ever pine for the good old days when computers had character?
- And I get me a coffee, one of them cafe cups, you know, and I've been pining for it all morning.
- You know, I start thinking about that's not pining for these things, especially when in self promotion mode.
- Always like pining to be with team Strongman and not really being that, not really that, you know, into our allies.
Examples
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I think of her; she spent her whole life pining for her first love.
Fiction book (2000) -
Eugene's been pining for a game of chess for a long time.
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Why did I still pine for a woman who no longer loved me?
Fiction book (2000) -
Did you ever pine for the good old days when computers had character?
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You sitting here pining for her.
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Because his notoriety would follow them wherever they would go, the couple would often pine for a quieter life.
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But at night, the loneliness crept back, when each lay in bed pining for the same man.
Fiction book (1990) -
He's pining for the canyons of Manhattan.
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Her handmaidens are trying to comfort Dido, who pines for her friend, Aeneas.
Academic text (2000) -
She has been pining for her childhood home ever since she moved away.
Synonyms
To want something very much when you cannot have it
To feel a strong longing for someone or something far away
To feel very sad and want someone or something a lot
To miss someone or something a lot when they are far away
To want someone or something very much
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A tall tree from western North America that has long green needles and thick dark bark
- Specialized
A tall thin tree from western North America with two needles on each small branch and rough bark
- US
Pine wood with many knots used for wall panels and furniture to give a rustic look
A tall pine tree from the southeastern United States with very long needles and rough red-brown bark
- US
A medium pine tree with two yellow-green needles on each branch and rough scaly bark
- US
A small, bushy pine tree with twisted branches and short needles in pairs that grows in the eastern United States
- Specialized
A pine tree with long needles and flexible branches that grows high in western mountains
A tall pine tree in the southern United States with long needles in groups of three and reddish-brown bark
A tall pine tree from California with long needles in groups of three, often grown for wood
- Specialized
A large pine tree from eastern North America that people use for its wood and sticky sap
- US
A medium to large pine tree with two needles per cluster and reddish brown flaky bark
- US
A tall tree with five long needles in each group and smooth light grey bark when young
- Specialized
A pine tree from the northern California coast with two or three needles in each group
- Specialized
A pine tree that grows on the California coast with two or three needles per bundle
- Australian
An Australian evergreen tree with small flat leaves like scales that people use for its wood and resin
A large Japanese pine with two long needles that tolerates salty air and city pollution
- US
A tall western North American pine with long blue-green needles in groups of three
- US
A tall pine tree with dark green needles in groups of two to five and thick dark bark when mature
- Australian
A tall evergreen tree from Tasmania with strong, fine wood that people use for boats and building
- Australian
A medium-sized evergreen tree from Tasmania with leaves like celery
A small rainforest tree from Indonesia and Malaysia with sickle-shaped leaves
- Australian
An evergreen tree or shrub from Australia that grows well in dry soil and has hard wood
- Australian
Wood from an evergreen Australian tree often used for building and fences
- US
A tall evergreen tree from northwest North America with short needles and egg-shaped cones
A small bushy pine from central Europe with short bright green needles in pairs
A tall tree from eastern North America with long needles, soft wood, and brown bark with long cracks
- Philippine
A tropical tree from the Moluccas and the Philippines that gives dammar resin
- Philippine
A tropical tree from Indonesia and the Philippines that makes a resin used in furniture
A tall pine tree that grows in eastern North America and gives wood used for building
- Australian
A tropical tree often planted for shade and wind protection with hard red wood
A medium-sized tree from southern Europe with a wide top that makes edible seeds like small almonds
A tall pine tree with groups of three needles, a bushy top, and reddish-brown bark
- Australian
An evergreen mountain tree from Tasmania with sharp leaves that curve inward
A small pine tree from Mexico and southern Texas with edible seeds and short needles
- Australian
A large pine tree from Australia and New Guinea grown for its light, even wood
- Specialized
A low bushy pine tree with short bright green needles, often planted in gardens
- New Zealand
An evergreen tree from New Zealand that looks like other native evergreens
A tall pine tree from western North America with blue-green needles and bark in flat grey-brown plates
A low spreading pine from central Europe with short bright green needles in pairs
- US
A large tree with long needles and twisted branches from the southeastern United States used for timber
- Specialized
A medium-sized tree with five needles in each group and long narrow cones from southern California
A low plant with long creeping stems and upright branches that looks like a small pine tree
- UK
A low plant that lives one year with yellow flowers marked red and a faint pine smell
- US
A small pine tree with two long needles, dark peeling bark, and cones with sharp tips
- Australian
A tall tree from Australia and New Guinea with light smooth wood used for furniture
- Australian
A slow-growing Tasmanian tree with strong wood that resists rot, used for carving and building boats
- Specialized
A tall pine tree from western North America with long blue-green needles in groups of three and large cones
- US
A small bushy pine tree from the eastern United States with twisted branches and short needles in pairs
A Japanese pine with long needles in pairs often grown in gardens and for bonsai that resists salt and pollution
A pine tree from Japan and Korea that has a wide, uneven top and is grown for its looks
A pine tree from Japan and Korea with a wide, uneven crown often grown in gardens
A tall evergreen tree from Japan with needle-like leaves in umbrella-like groups at twig tips
- Specialized
A tall pine tree from western North America with long blue-green needles in groups of three and long cones
How Longing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pine meaning 'to long for' comes from an old word for 'suffer' and is like the common word pain, so to pine is to feel a slow, aching longing for someone or something that is gone.