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PINE AWAY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does pine away mean?

• PINE AWAY (verb)
The verb PINE AWAY has 1 sense:

1. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

Familiarity information: PINE AWAY used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PINE AWAY (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

languish; pine away; waste

Context example:

After her husband died, she just pined away

Hypernyms (to "pine away" is one way to...):

weaken (become weaker)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s

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