to waste or pine away
1pine 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 …
2pine 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./ …
3pine 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./ …
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 …
5waste — wāst n 1) loss through breaking down of bodily tissue 2) wastes pl bodily waste materials: EXCREMENT waste vb, wast·ed; wast·ing vt to cause to shrink in physical bulk or strength …
6waste — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, abate, ablate, ablation, absorption, acarpous, afterglow, afterimage, arid, assimilation, atrophy, attenuate, attrition, back, back of beyond, back country, backwood, backwoods,… …
7waste away — Synonyms and related words: Sanforize, abate, ablate, absorb, age, assimilate, atomize, atrophy, attenuate, bate, be consumed, be eaten away, be gone, bleed white, break up, burn up, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, cheat the undertaker, come… …
8pine — 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,… …
9pine´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… …
10pine — I. /paɪn / (say puyn) noun 1. any member of the genus Pinus of the Northern Hemisphere, comprising evergreen coniferous trees varying greatly in size, with long needle shaped leaves, including many species of economic importance for their timber… …