pine away

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verb

lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- After her husband died, she just pined away
• Syn:
waste, languish
• Derivationally related forms:
languisher (for: languish), wastage (for: waste)
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s