[pahyn] 
verb, pined, pin⋅ing, noun | 1. | to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully (often fol. by for): to pine for one's home and family. |
| 2. | to fail gradually in health or vitality from grief, regret, or longing (often fol. by away): Separated by their families, the lovers pined away. |
| 3. | Archaic. to be discontented; fret. |
| 4. | Archaic. to suffer grief or regret over. |
| 5. | Archaic. painful longing. |
| pine 2 (pīn) v. pined, pin·ing, pines v. intr.
To grieve or mourn for. n. Archaic Intense longing or grief. [Middle English pinen, from Old English pīnian, to cause to suffer, from *pīne, pain, from Vulgar Latin *pēna, penalty, variant of Latin poena, from Greek poinē; see kwei-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
