pine+away

  • 1pine away — index languish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2pine away — verb lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief After her husband died, she just pined away • Syn: ↑waste, ↑languish • Derivationally related forms: ↑languisher (for: ↑languish), ↑was …

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  • 3pine away — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms pine away : present tense I/you/we/they pine away he/she/it pines away present participle pining away past tense pined away past participle pined away same as pine II The dog pined away when its owner died.… …

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  • 4pine away — {v. phr.} To waste away with grief. * /After George was sent abroad, his wife pined away for him so much that she became ill./ …

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  • 5pine away — {v. phr.} To waste away with grief. * /After George was sent abroad, his wife pined away for him so much that she became ill./ …

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  • 6pine\ away — v. phr. To waste away with grief. After George was sent abroad, his wife pined away for him so much that she became ill …

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  • 7pine — pine1 [ paın ] noun * 1. ) pine or pine tree count a tall tree with thin sharp leaves called needles that do not fall off in winter, and hard brown fruits called cones 2. ) uncount the wood of a pine tree: a table made of solid pine pine… …

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  • 8pine — pine1 [paın] n [Date: 1000 1100; : Latin; Origin: pinus] 1.) [U and C] also pine tree a tall tree with long hard sharp leaves that do not fall off in winter ▪ an ancient pine forest 2.) [U] the pale wood of pine trees, used to make furniture,… …

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  • 9pine — I UK [paɪn] / US noun Word forms pine : singular pine plural pines * 1) pine or pine tree [countable] a tall tree with thin sharp leaves called needles that do not fall off in winter, and hard brown fruits called cones 2) [uncountable] the wood… …

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  • 10pine´like´ — pine1 «pyn», noun. 1. a) a tree bearing woody cones and clusters of evergreen leaves shaped like needles that grow out from temporary scalelike leaves. The various kinds of pine make up a genus of the pine family. Many kinds are valuable for… …

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