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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. [1913 Webster] That people that pyned him to death. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. To grieve or mourn for. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pining \Pin"ing\, a. 1. Languishing; drooping; wasting away, as with longing. [1913 Webster] 2. Wasting; consuming. "The pining malady of France." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pining n 1: a feeling of deep longing