Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pine
Pine
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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 = PINEAPPLE. Phrases and idioms pine cone the cone-shaped fruit of the pine tree. pine marten a weasel-like mammal, Martes martes, native to Europe and America, with a dark brown coat and white throat and stomach. pine nut the edible seed of various pine trees. Derivatives pinery n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: ME f. OE pin & OF pin f. L pinus 2. v.intr. 1 (often foll. by away) decline or waste away, esp. from grief, disease, etc. 2 (usu. foll. by for, after, or to + infin.) long eagerly; yearn. Etymology: OE pinian, rel. to obs. E pine punishment, f. Gmc f. med.L pena, L poena
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pīn, from Latin pinus; probably akin to Greek pitys ~ Date: before 12th century any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the ~ family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals, the straight-grained white or yellow usually durable and resinous wood of a ~ varying from extreme softness in the white ~ to hardness in the longleaf ~, any of various Australian coniferous trees (as of the genera Callitris or Araucaria), ~apple, bench 1c, ~y also piny adjective II. intransitive verb (~d; pining) see: pain Date: 14th century to lose vigor, health, or flesh (as through grief) ; languish, to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable , see: long ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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