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Synonyms
pine1 (pīn)

[Middle English, from Old English pīn- (as in pīntrēow, pine tree), from Latin pīnus.]

noun 

  1. Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Pinus, having fascicles of needle-shaped leaves and producing woody, seed-bearing cones. These trees are widely cultivated for ornament and shade and for their timber and resinous sap, which yields turpentine and pine tar.
  2. Any of various other coniferous trees, such as the Norfolk Island pine.
  3. The wood of any of these trees.
pine2 (pīn)

[Middle English pinen, from Old English pīnian, to cause to suffer, from * pīne, pain, from Vulgar Latin* pēna, penalty, variant of Latin poena, from Greek poinē.]

verb: pined, pin·ing, pines. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To feel a lingering, often nostalgic desire.
  2. To wither or waste away from longing or grief: pined away and died.

transitive verb 

Archaic
To grieve or mourn for.

noun 

Archaic
Intense longing or grief.