Ache

//ˈeɪk//

Definitions

verbaches · aching · ached · oke · aken

1
To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
My feet were aching for days after the marathon.
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hurt suffer

nounaches

1
Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
You may suffer a minor ache in your side.

name

1
A language spoken by the Yi people of South-Western China.

Word Origin

From Middle English aken (verb), and ache (noun), from Old English acan (verb) (from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”)) and æċe (noun) (from Proto-West Germanic *aki, f...

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Ache

//ˈeɪk//

Definitions

verbaches · aching · ached · oke · aken

1
To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
My feet were aching for days after the marathon.
Similar
hurt suffer

nounaches

1
Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
You may suffer a minor ache in your side.

name

1
A language spoken by the Yi people of South-Western China.

Word Origin

From Middle English aken (verb), and ache (noun), from Old English acan (verb) (from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”)) and æċe (noun) (from Proto-West Germanic *aki, f...

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ache

2

To cause someone or something to suffer pain.

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afflict torment ache

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misery pain wark

Opposite

pang throe trouble

2

Parsley.

3

Rare spelling of aitch.