pine
part of speech
noun (pine, pines; pine tree); verb (pine, pines, pined, pining)
meaning for a pupil
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 →
2) Pine is the pale wood of this tree, used for furniture. tree →
3) To pine for someone or something is to miss them very much and feel sad. tree →
4) To pine away means to grow weak and thin from sadness or longing. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- There are 24 pine trees in the park. tree →
- Sam picked up 15 pine cones. tree →
- The forest has 3 times as many pines as oaks. tree →
- They planted 8 rows of pine trees with 6 in each row. tree →
- Pine trees stay green all winter. tree →
- The forest smelled of pine needles. tree →
- Our kitchen table is made of pine. tree →
- The puppy pined for its owner while she was away. tree →
- But the Tsarevich did nothing but pine away. tree →
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 the corpora
- For I have satiated the weary soul, and every pining soul have I replenished.
- that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- My soul pineth for Thy salvation; in Thy word do I hope.
- He sits by a big pine, blows his whistle three times, waits, and his dad finds him within minutes.
- Collect conkers, acorns and pine cones for crafts, but never eat conkers or acorns, because they are poisonous.
Trees and pragmatics
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