to waste or pine away
11Pine — Pine, v. i. 1. To suffer; to be afflicted. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; often used with away. The roses wither and the lilies pine. Tickell. [1913 Webster] 3.… …
12pine — pine1 [pīn] n. [ME < OE pin < L pinus, pine tree < IE * pitsnus < base * pi , fat > L pix, pitch, OE fæted,FAT] 1. any of a genus (Pinus) of evergreen trees of the pine family, with hard, woody cones and bundles of two to five… …
13pine — pine1 pinelike, adj. /puyn/, n. 1. any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc. Cf. pine family. 2. any of various similar coniferous… …
14waste — v 1. squander, fritter away, fool away, dissipate, lose, misuse, misspend; expend, consume, use up, drain, exhaust, deplete; throw away, burn up, run through, go through, Sl. blow; disperse, scatter, spill, muddle away; splurge, lavish, play the… …
15pine — 1. n. 1 any evergreen tree of the genus Pinus native to northern temperate regions, with needle shaped leaves growing in clusters. 2 the soft timber of this, often used to make furniture. Also called DEAL(2). 3 (attrib.) made of pine. 4 =… …
16waste — I. v. a. 1. Decrease, diminish, wear, corrode, use up, prey upon, wear away, consume, wear out, impair gradually, diminish by constant loss. 2. Consume (foolishly), spend, expend, squander, dissipate, lose, misspend, misuse, fool away, fritter… …
17pine — {{11}}pine (n.) coniferous tree, O.E. pintreow, the first element from L. pinus, from PIE *pei fat, sap, pitch (Cf. Skt. pituh juice, sap, resin, pitudaruh pine tree, Gk. pitys pine tree, L. pinguis fat ). Pine top cheap illicit w …
18pine — v 1. yearn for, long for, languish for, ache for, sigh for, wish for, carry the torch for, Inf. have a yen for; thirst for, hunger for, burn for, be dying for, Inf. hanker after; desire, desiderate, want, crave, covet, want with all one s heart,… …
19pine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. languish, long, crave; wither, droop. See dejection, disease, desire. II (Roget s IV) n. Varieties of pine include: white, stone, mugo, whitebark, foxtail, bristlecone, nut, singleleaf, piñon,… …
20pine — verb she thinks I am pining away from love Syn: fade, waste away, weaken, decline, languish, wilt, sicken Phrases: pine for …
