Definition of "pined" [pined]

• Simple past tense and past participle of pine. (verb)

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• "She warn't ever the same, after that; she never complained, but she kind of pined away and did not live long. hat was bugging Mark Twain in 1876, to make him think up the benighted village of Deer Lick?"
• "When Mrs. Bostock took the boy away, I began to worry and worry about him; I kind of pined for him."
• ""I'm a-pinin '," many had "pined" for a "sweet kiss" from Salomy Jane, which she had yielded in a sense of honor and fair play."