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PINE AWAY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

Example:

After her husband died, she just pined away

Synonyms:

languish; pine away; waste

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

weaken (become weaker)

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