pine Definition

pine¹
noun

1. Any of numerous evergreen coniferous trees with narrow needle-like leaves, native to cool northern temperate regions.

Form: pine tree (also)
2. The pale durable wood of this tree, used to make furniture, telegraph poles, paper pulp, etc, and widely used in construction work. Also as adj. See also piny.

Example: pine table
Example: pine fragrance
Form: pinewood (also)

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon pin: from Latin pinus.

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pine²
verb, intr pined, pining

1. To long or yearn for them or it.

Thesaurus: desire, yearn, crave, covet, hunger, ache.
Form: pine for someone (also)
Form: pine for something
2. To waste away from grief or longing.

Thesaurus: waste, languish, wither, decline, dwindle, decay, wilt, weaken, sicken.
Form: pine away (also)

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon pinian in obsolete sense ‘to torment'.