Meaning
3 sensesContinued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
You may suffer a minor ache in your side.
The aches and pains died down after taking an analgesic.
Schmerz
больbolʹ
більbilʹ
a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
Emotional suffering causing discomfort and physical pain.
(historical, obsolete)Parsley.
Examples
197 sentencesI ache all over.
У мене все болить.
ruУ меня всё болит.
deMir tut alles weh.
My head really aches.
У мене дуже болить голова.
ruУ меня очень болит голова.
deIch habe schlimme Kopfschmerzen.
My arms are aching.
У мене болять руки.
ruУ меня болят руки.
Does your head ache?
У тебе болить голова?
She was aching all over.
У неї все боліло.
ruУ нее всё болело.
deIhr tat alles weh.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English aken (verb), and ache (noun), from Old English acan (verb) (Inherited 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, from Proto-Germanic *akiz), traditionally explained as from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂égos.
From Middle English ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium (“celery”). Reinforced by modern French ache.
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Forms
plural: achesSynonyms
4 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
36 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- aching all over
- aching all
- head ached