pine

«pine» in Mova's school dictionary: a tall evergreen tree with thin, sharp leaves called… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

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 →
• 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

• 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.
• Some bristlecone pine trees in America are nearly 5,000 years old, while an adult mayfly may live only a day.
• Some trees, such as bristlecone pines, can live for more than 4,000 years.
• No person lives a millennium, though some bristlecone pine trees in the USA are over 4,000 years old.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.