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pine2
- pronunciation:
- paIn
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
pined, pines, pining |
| definition 1: |
to be affected with great desire and longing (often fol. by for).
He pined for his old friends.- synonyms:
- ache, die, languish, long, pant, yearn
- similar words:
- burn, crave, hanker, hunger, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yen
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| definition 2: |
to become weak or waste away, as from unfulfilled desire, longing, or other mental suffering (often fol. by away).
- synonyms:
- languish
- similar words:
- ail, fade, fail, lament, long, pant, waste, weaken, wither
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| related words: |
ail, crave, fail, hunger, lament, wish, yen |
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