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Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.

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noun

any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc. Compare pine family.

any of various similar coniferous trees.

the wood of the pine tree.

Informal. the pineapple.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English pīn < Latin pīnus

Related forms

pine·like, adjective

verb (used without object)

to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often followed by for): to pine for one's home and family.

to fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, or longing (often followed by away): Separated by their families, the lovers pined away.

Archaic. to be discontented; fret.

verb (used with object)

Archaic. to suffer grief or regret over.

noun

Archaic. painful longing.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English pinen to torture, torment, inflict pain, be in pain; Old English pīnian to torture, derivative of pīn torture (Middle English pine) < Late Latin pēna, Latin poena punishment. See pain

Synonyms
1. See yearn. 2. dwindle, decline, languish, droop, waste.

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Pines (paɪnz)

—n
	Isle of Pines the former name of the (Isle of) Youth

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pine

O.E. pinian "torture, torment, afflict, cause to suffer," from *pine "pain, torture, punishment," possibly ult. from L. poena "punishment, penalty," from Gk. poine (see penal). A Latin word that rode into Germanic (cf. M.Du. pinen, O.H.G. pinon, O.N. pina) with Christianity.

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Intransitive sense of "to languish, waste away" is first recorded c.1440.

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