I имя существительное 1) [ботаника]; то же, что и pine tree - сосна ([латинский язык] Pinus) 2) а) древесина сосны б) [поэтическое] что-либо сделанное из сосны (мачта, корабль и т. п.) 3) [используется в разговорной речи]; смотри значение pineapple II глагол 1) то же, что и pine away - чахнуть, томиться; изнемогать, изнывать, иссыхать Например: Grace missed him so badly that she almost pined away to nothing. — Грейс так тосковала по нему, что совсем зачахла. 2) жаждать (чего-либо), тосковать (по чему-либо) Например: The boy has been pining over his dead dog for more than a week now. — Мальчик вот уже больше недели тоскует из-за смерти своей любимой собаки. Синоним(ы): yearn 3) усыхать (о древесине) Синоним(ы): shrink
сосна; сосновый
I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīn, from Latin pinus; probably akin to Greek pitys pine 1. any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals 2. the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a pine varying from extreme softness in the white pine to hardness in the longleaf pine 3. any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria) 4. pineapple 5. bench 1c • piney also piny adjective II. intransitive verb (pined; pining) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīnian to suffer, from *pīn punishment, from Latin poena — more at pain 1. to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief); languish 2. to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable Example: they still pined for their lost wealth Synonyms: see long
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