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ache

[eyk]

verb (used without object)

ached, aching 
  1. to have or suffer a continuous, dull pain.

    His whole body ached.

    Synonyms:
  2. to feel great sympathy, pity, or the like.

    Her heart ached for the starving animals.

  3. to feel eager; yearn; long.

    She ached to be the champion. He's just aching to get even.



noun

  1. a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).

ache

/ ɪ /

verb

  1. to feel, suffer, or be the source of a continuous dull pain

  2. to suffer mental anguish

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a continuous dull pain

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ˈ󾱲Բ adjective
  • ˈ󾱲Բly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ache1

before 900; (v.) Middle English aken, Old English acan; perhaps metaphoric use of earlier unattested sense “drive, impel” (compare Old Norse aka, cognate with Latin agere, Greek á𾱲 ); (noun) derivative of the v.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ache1

Old English (vb), æ (n), Middle English aken (vb), ache (n). Compare bake , batch
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Synonym Study

See pain.
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Example Sentences

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The songs on “Pets Sounds” were achingly beautiful and introspective.

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The subsequent expedition is filled with offbeat personalities who help Hernandez and Stephens construct their myth, before poking the bricks out one by one, in ways both droll and achingly sad.

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No story better exemplifies that ethos than that of the teenage fake bride turned kidnapper who aches for her mother.

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That is not to say TV dresses up the “sophomore years” of life, as Seema calls them, to be free of aches and pains for anybody.

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“Big Night” is a cult classic among food lovers — a film that captures the ache and beauty of pre–Food Network restaurant life, before chefs were lauded, at least in some circles, as culinary rockstars.

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