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ache
[eyk] 
verb, ached, ach⋅ing, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to have or suffer a continuous, dull pain: His whole body ached. |
| 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
| 4. | a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain). |
Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME aken, OE acan; perh. metaphoric use of earlier unattested sense “drive, impel” (cf. ON aka, c. L agere, Gk ágein); (n.) deriv. of the v.
bef. 900; (v.) ME aken, OE acan; perh. metaphoric use of earlier unattested sense “drive, impel” (cf. ON aka, c. L agere, Gk ágein); (n.) deriv. of the v.
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| ache (āk) intr.v. ached, ach·ing, aches
[Middle English aken, from Old English acan.] |
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Ache
Ache\, n. [OE. ache, AS. [ae]ce, ece, fr. acan to ache. See Ache, v. i.] Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. "Such an ache in my bones." --Shak. Note: Often used in composition, as, a headache, an earache, a toothache.Ache
Ache\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ached; p. pr. & vb. n. Aching.] [OE. aken, AS. acan, both strong verbs, AS. acan, imp. [=o]c, p. p. acen, to ache; perh. orig. to drive, and akin to agent.] To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed. "My old bones ache." --Shak. The sins that in your conscience ache. --Keble.
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Language Translation for : ache
Spanish:
dolor,
German:
der Schmerz,
Japanese:
痛み
ache (v.)
O.E. acan "to ache, suffer pain," from P.Gmc. *akanan, perhaps from a PIE base *ag-es- "fault, guilt," represented also in Skt. and Gk., perhaps imitative of groaning. The noun is M.E. æche, from O.E. æce, from P.Gmc. *akiz. The verb was pronounced "ake," the noun "ache" (by i-mutation, as in speak-speech) but while the noun changed pronunciation to conform to the verb, the spelling of both was changed to ache c.1700 on a false assumption of a Gk. origin (Gk. akhos "pain, distress").
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Main Entry: 1ache
Pronunciation: 'Ak
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: ached; ach·ing
: to suffer a usuallydull persistent pain
Main Entry: 2ache
Function: noun
1 : a usually dull persistent pain
2 : a condition marked by aching
Main Entry: AChE
Function: abbreviation
acetylcholinesterase
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ache (āk)
n.
A dull persistent pain. v. ached, ach·ing, aches
To suffer a dull, sustained pain.
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ACHE
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