Pine

/paɪn/ · noun

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
2. (countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
3. (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
4. (archaic except Caribbean, Guyana, South Africa, Australia) A pineapple.
5. (sports, uncountable, colloquial) The bench, where players sit when not playing.
6. (uncountable, colloquial) A counter or bartop.
7. (archaic) A painful longing.
8. (intransitive) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.

Example Sentences

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, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.

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 balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

"[…] 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.

[…] rather than languish on the pine in Miami.

Take off your gear and hit the pine. And don't take your time. You understand me, boy?

I'll be behind the pine slinging your favorite cold ones, so come and see me!

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• pines
• pyne
• pining
• pined

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