[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pine/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / pine # pine noun (pine, pines; pine tree); verb (pine, pines, pined, pining) «pine» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A pine is a tall evergreen tree with thin, sharp leaves called needles that stay green all year. Its seeds grow in pine cones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#m1) 2. Pine is the pale wood of this tree, used for furniture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#m2) 3. To pine for someone or something is to miss them very much and feel sad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#m3) 4. To pine away means to grow weak and thin from sadness or longing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#m4) ### In the lessons a thing counted: pine trees in a forest or park, pine cones collected; sometimes a kind of tree beside oaks or maples; in science: pines are conifers, they keep their needles in winter and make cones; in everyday life: the smell of pine, pine furniture; in stories: a dog pines for its owner ### Examples - There are 24 pine trees in the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#x1) - Sam picked up 15 pine cones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#x2) - The forest has 3 times as many pines as oaks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#x3) - They planted 8 rows of pine trees with 6 in each row. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#x4) - Pine trees stay green all winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#x5) - The forest smelled of pine needles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#x6) - Our kitchen table is made of pine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#x7) - The puppy pined for its owner while she was away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#x8) - But the Tsarevich did nothing but pine away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/#x9) ### Note Only names what is counted; carries no clue to the operation. Trap: «pine cones» and «pine trees» are different things, do not add them together unless asked for all items. «3 times as many pines as oaks» means pines = oaks × 3. ## In Jewish tradition It is part of the warning that if Israel sins it will fade away in the lands of its enemies. Ezekiel and Lamentations use it for fading away from hunger, sin and sorrow. **Interpretation.** Tradition reads the warning as a call to repent so that exile might end. ### Examples - And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. (Torah LEV.26.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pine/#x1) - that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity. (Prophets EZK.4.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pine/#x2) - They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field. (Writings LAM.4.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pine/#x3) - and your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet; ye shall not make lamentation nor weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another. (Prophets EZK.24.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pine/#x4) ### Note Only names what is counted; carries no clue to the operation. Trap: «pine cones» and «pine trees» are different things, do not add them together unless asked for all items. «3 times as many pines as oaks» means pines = oaks × 3. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «pine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«pine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pine.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «pine» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«pine» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pine.html) on Mova free.