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US
/ˈpaɪn/
]
[ UK /pˈaɪn/ ]
[ UK /pˈaɪn/ ]
NOUN
- a coniferous tree
- straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
VERB
-
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
She ached for a cigarette
I am pining for my lover
How To Use pine In A Sentence
- With a little coo of happiness he began to toddle forwards into the darkness, still clutching his bottle. MY BABYSITTER BITES BACK
- So far, only a couple of the trees (literally two) have been found to be successful in fending off beetle attacks, using chemical and physical responses similar to those in lower-elevation tree species, such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir. Louisa Willcox: Whitebark Pine: Functionally Gone in Much of the Greater Yellowstone
- Recent studies have revealed a correlation between prognosis in heart failure and plasma levels of such neurohormones as endothelin, norepinephrine and renin, among others.
- The prehensile tail porcupine in South American actually lives in the treetops.
- While the alpine end of the sport needs only cold weather to produce skiable terrain, cross-country must have snow.
- As many as 30 different species grow, among them Alpine bartsia Bartsia alpina, Alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum, Unalaska fleabane Erigeron humilis and thick-leaved whitlow grass Draba crassifolia. Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland
- Although the World Cup is all encompassing at the moment, when it comes to sport there is no more spine-tingling moment than when 65,000 fans at Murrayfield sing ‘Flower of Scotland’.
- Wish you success in your career and happiness of your family!
- We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
- Some may insist you sleep on mats on hard floors to straighten out the spine, but they are in a minority.