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Etymology

From Middle English pyne, pine, probably from Old English *pīne (“pain”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā (“pain, torment, torture”), possibly from Latin poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”). Cognate to pain. Entered Germanic with Christianity; cognate to Middle Dutch pinen, Old High German pīnōn, Old Norse pína.

derived from ποινή
derived from poena — “punishment”
inherited from *pīnā✻ — “pain, torment, torture”
inherited from *pīne✻ — “pain”
inherited from pyne

Definitions

1
Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
- The northern slopes were covered mainly in pine.
Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
The wood of this tree.
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1. 4
  A pineapple.
  - "[…] 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.
2. 5
  The bench, where players sit when not playing.
  - […] 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?
3. 6
  A counter or bartop.
  - I'll be behind the pine slinging your favorite cold ones, so come and see me!
4. A painful longing.
5. 8
  To languish
  To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
  - Why pine not I, and die in this distress?
  - This night shall see the gaudy wreath decline, The roses wither and the lilies pine.
6. 9
  To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
  - Laura was pining for Bill all the time he was gone.
  - Ten years ago, liberals pined for a post-religious right, a different culture war. Be careful what you wish for.
7. To grieve or mourn for.
8. 11
  To inflict pain upon
  To inflict pain upon; to torment.
  - Which way, O Lord, which way can I look, and not see some sad examples of misery? […] [O]ne is pined in prison; another, tortured on the rack; a third, languisheth under the loss of a dear son, or wife, or husband.
9. A surname

The neighborhood

Derived

Aleppo pine, arolla pine, Austrian pine, ayacahuite pine, Balfour pine, Balkan pine, Baltic pine, Bhutan pine, black pine, blue pine, Bosnian pine, Brazilian pine, bristlecone pine, bull pine, bunya pine, Burnt Pine, California Pines, Canadian red pine, Caribbean pine, celery pine, Chihuahua pine, Chile pine, Chilean pine, chilgoza pine, City of Pines, cluster pine, Corsican pine, Cuban pine, cypress pine, digger pine, Dundathu pine, fern pine, festoon pine, foothill pine, foxtail pine, grab some pine, gray pine, grey pine, ground pine, Guadalupe pine · +195 more

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A definitional loop anchored at pine. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at pine. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at pine

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