You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for March 30.

Today’s word is pine, spelled pine.

pine /paɪn/ verb [intransitive]

to become sad and not continue your life as normal because someone has died or gone away

Here’s the word used in a sentence:

Six months after he left, she was still pining.

pine for somebody/something phrasal verb

if you pine for a place or for something, you miss it a lot and wish you could be there or have it again

After two months in France I was pining for home.

if you pine for someone, you feel very unhappy because they are not with you

Karen had been pining for her friends back home in Colorado.

Even those who bought iPhone 11 models last year might pine for these new ones.

— Joanna Stern, WSJ, "iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro Review: The Best iPhones—but Not for the 5G," 20 Oct. 2020

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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