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ache    Audio Help   [eyk] Pronunciation Key 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.]

1. hurt. 4. See pain.
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ache    Audio Help   (āk)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   ached, ach·ing, aches
  1. To suffer a dull, sustained pain.
  2. To feel sympathy or compassion.
  3. To yearn painfully: refugees who ached for their homeland.

n.  
  1. A dull, steady pain. See Synonyms at pain.
  2. A longing or desire; a yen.
  3. A painful sorrow.


[Middle English aken, from Old English acan.]

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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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ache

noun
1. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain 

verb
1. feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?" [syn: hurt
2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" 
3. be the source of pain 

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ache [eik] noun
a continuous pain
Example: I have an ache in my stomach.
Arabic: وَجَع،أَلَم
Chinese (Simplified): (持续的)疼痛
Chinese (Traditional): (持續的)疼痛
Czech: (trvalá) bolest
Danish: smerte
Dutch: pijn
Estonian: valu
Finnish: särky
French: douleur
German: der Schmerz
Greek: παρατεταμένος πόνος
Hungarian: fájdalom
Icelandic: verkur
Indonesian: nyeri
Italian: dolore
Japanese: 痛み
Korean: 통증
Latvian: sāpes (ilgstošas, smeldzošas)
Lithuanian: skausmas
Norwegian: verk, —pine, smerte
Polish: ból
Portuguese (Brazil): dor
Portuguese (Portugal): dor
Romanian: durere persistentă
Russian: боль
Slovak: bolesť
Slovenian: bolečina
Spanish: dolor
Swedish: värk
Turkish: ağrı, sızı, acı
ache1 [eik] verb
to be in continuous pain
Example: My tooth aches.
Arabic: يُوجِع، يُؤلِم
Chinese (Simplified):
Chinese (Traditional):
Czech: bolet
Danish: gøre ondt
Dutch: pijn doen
Estonian: valutama
Finnish: särkeä
French: faire mal
German: schmerzen
Greek: πονώ
Hungarian: fáj
Icelandic: verkja
Indonesian: sakit
Italian: far male*, dolere
Japanese: 痛む
Korean: 아프다
Latvian: sāpēt (ilgstoši)
Lithuanian: skaudėti
Norwegian: verke, gjøre vondt
Polish: boleć
Portuguese (Brazil): doer, sofrer dor
Portuguese (Portugal): doer
Romanian: a durea persistent, a avea o durere per­sistentă
Russian: болеть
Slovak: bolieť
Slovenian: boleti
Spanish: doler
Swedish: värka, göra ont
Turkish: ağrımak, acımak, sancımak
ache2 [eik] verb
to have a great desire
Example: I was aching to tell him the news.
Arabic: يَتُوقُ إلَى
Chinese (Simplified): 渴望
Chinese (Traditional): 渴望
Czech: prahnout, toužit
Danish: længes stærkt
Dutch: verlangen
Estonian: kibelema
Finnish: palaa halusta
French: brûler de
German: brennen auf
Greek: λαχταρώ
Hungarian: ég a vágytól
Icelandic: dauðlanga
Indonesian: ngin sekali, rindu
Italian: desiderare
Japanese: ~したがる
Korean: …하고 싶어 못 견디다, 열망하다
Latvian: alkt; kārot
Lithuanian: trokšti
Norwegian: lengte sterkt
Polish: pragnąć
Portuguese (Brazil): ansiar
Portuguese (Portugal): desejar
Romanian: a arde (de nerăbdare)
Russian: жаждать
Slovak: dychtiť
Slovenian: koprneti
Spanish: ansiar; morirse por
Swedish: längta efter
Turkish: çok istemek, can atmak
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

ache (āk)
n.
A dull persistent pain. v. ached, ach·ing, aches
To suffer a dull, sustained pain.

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Main Entry: 1ache
Pronunciation: 'Ak
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: ached; ach·ing
: to suffer a usuallydull persistent pain

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Main Entry: 2ache
Function: noun
1 : a usually dull persistent pain
2 : a condition marked by aching

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Main Entry: AChE
Function: abbreviation
acetylcholinesterase

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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.

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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.

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ACHE
  1. American College of Healthcare Executives
  2. American Council for Headache Education

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