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Definition of pine verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

pine

verb

NAmE//paɪn//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they pine

he / she / it pines

past simple pined

-ing form pining

to become very sad because someone has died or gone away She pined for months after he'd gone.

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