ache

ache
[[t]e͟ɪk[/t]]
aches, aching, ached
1) VERB If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.

[V adv/prep] The glands in her neck were swollen, her head was throbbing and she ached all over...

My leg is giving me much less pain but still aches when I sit down...

[V-ing] The weary holidaymakers soothed their aching feet in the sea.

2) N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N in n, n N An ache is a steady, fairly strong pain in a part of your body.
→ See also , headache, , stomach ache

You feel nausea and aches in your muscles...

Poor posture can cause neck ache, headaches and breathing problems.

3) VERB If you ache for something or your heart aches, you want something very much, and feel very unhappy because you cannot have it. [WRITTEN]

[V for n] She still ached for the lost intimacy and sexual contact of marriage...

[V to-inf] But Spain was a country aching to get away from its past...

It was quite an achievement to keep smiling when his heart must have been aching.

Syn:
N-SING: N for n
Ache is also a noun.

You also feel an overwhelming ache for support from others which you cannot put into words.

4) PHRASE You can use aches and pains to refer in a general way to any minor pains that you feel in your body.

It seems to ease all the aches and pains of a hectic and tiring day.


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