Definition: become feeble
Usage: The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon
Main entry: languish, pine away, waste
Definition: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
Usage: After her husband died, she just pined away
Main entry: pine, yearn, yen, languish, ache
Definition: have a desire for something or someone who is not present
Usage: She ached for a cigarette; I am pining for my lover