Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a feeling of deep longing;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pine \Pine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pined; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pining.] [AS. p[imac]nan to torment, fr. p[imac]n torment.
See 1st Pine, Pain, n. & v.]
1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
[Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak.
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That people that pyned him to death. --Piers
Plowman.
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One is pined in prison, another tortured on the
rack. --Bp. Hall.
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2. To grieve or mourn for. [R.] --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pining \Pin"ing\, a.
1. Languishing; drooping; wasting away, as with longing.
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2. Wasting; consuming. "The pining malady of France." --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pining
n 1: a feeling of deep longing