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

• pine 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• pine 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.… …   English dictionary

• pine 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• pine 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• pine\ 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 …   Словарь американских идиом

• pine — 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… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pine — 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,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pine — 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… …   English dictionary

• pine´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… …   Useful english dictionary

• pine — Synonyms and related words: ache, ache for, agonize, be dying for, be hurting for, bleed, break, brood, brood over, cave in, clamor for, collapse, come apart, come unstuck, conk out, crave, crumble, cry for, decline, desiccate, diminish,… …   Moby Thesaurus