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Pining

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pining"

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Word	Definition
pegverb	(transitive) To fasten using a peg.
pin downverb	(idiomatic) To identify something (e.g. a decision or plan) clearly or specifically.
tholepinnoun	A thole.
trapverb	(transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
pivotverb	To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.
flagverb	To furnish or deck out with flags.
oarlocknoun	(nautical) A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
rowlocknoun	(nautical, chiefly British) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock.
pin upverb	(transitive) To put (e.g. a sheet of paper) on display, using a pin.
stickverb	(carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
fallverb	(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
immobilizeverb	To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
tholeverb	(transitive, now Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.
bowling pin	Bowling pins (historically also known as skittles or kegels) are upright elongated solids of rotation with a flat base for setting, usually made of wood (esp. maple) standing between 9 and 16 inches (23 and 41cm) tall.
pinernoun	(Southern US) Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander.
pityingnoun	The act of one who pities.
pynenoun	A surname.
pitiernoun	One who pities.
piteousnessnoun	The condition of being piteous
pryingverb	The act of one who pries.