pine
verb/paɪn/
/paɪn/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pine | /paɪn/ /paɪn/ |
| he / she / it pines | /paɪnz/ /paɪnz/ |
| past simple pined | /paɪnd/ /paɪnd/ |
| past participle pined | /paɪnd/ /paɪnd/ |
| -ing form pining | /ˈpaɪnɪŋ/ /ˈpaɪnɪŋ/ |
- to become very sad because somebody has died or gone away
- She pined for months after he'd gone.
- The Major’s dog pined badly when her master died.
Word Originverb Old English pīnian ‘(cause to) suffer’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijnen, German peinen ‘experience pain’, also to obsolete pine ‘punishment’; ultimately based on Latin poena ‘punishment’.
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