Noun pining has 1 sense
  1. pining - a feeling of deep longing
    --1 is a kind of
    longing, yearning
    --1 has particulars: lovesickness
    Derived form: verb pine1
,Verb pine has 1 sense
  1. ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
    --1 is one way to hanker, long, yearn
    Derived form: noun pining1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
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