pinenoun
uk/paɪn/us/paɪn/B2 [ C or U ] also pine tree an evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves) that grows in cooler areas of the world:
a plantation of pines
a pine forest
[ U ] the wood of pine trees, usually pale in colour:
pine furniture
Pine is a softwood.
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- pine needles
- vast expanses of sand and pine
- Pine trees are not native to this part of the world.
- The campsite is set in the middle of a pine forest.
- I love the smell of pine trees.
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Types of evergreen & coniferous tree
- bay
- box
- cedar
- Christmas tree
- conifer
- cypress
- eucalyptus
- fir
- holly
- ironbark
- larch
- laurel
- mallee
- oleander
- palm
- scribbly gum
- sequoia
- spruce
- yew
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Types of wood
piny
adjective also piney uk/ˈpaɪ.ni/us/ˈpaɪ.ni/
pineverb [ I ]
uk/paɪn/us/paɪn/also pine away to become increasingly thin and weak because of unhappiness, especially after the death of a loved person:
Carter died in 1904 after an accident and Leno pined away and died six months later.
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Becoming and making less strong
- abate
- adulterate
- attenuate
- attrition
- blow over
- blunt
- decline
- dial
- dim
- emasculate
- flagging
- jelly
- keep sb down
- knock/take the stuffing out of sb/sth idiom
- muffle
- neutralize
- sag
- shake
- wilt
- wither on the vine idiom
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Expressing and showing feelings
Phrasal verb(s)
pine for sth/sb