Meaning

3 senses
  1. Continued 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

  2. Emotional suffering causing discomfort and physical pain.

  3. (historical, obsolete)Parsley.

Examples

197 sentences
  1. I ache all over.

    У мене все болить.

    ruУ меня всё болит.

    deMir tut alles weh.

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  2. My head really aches.

    У мене дуже болить голова.

    ruУ меня очень болит голова.

    deIch habe schlimme Kopfschmerzen.

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  3. My arms are aching.

    У мене болять руки.

    ruУ меня болят руки.

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  4. Does your head ache?

    У тебе болить голова?

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  5. She was aching all over.

    У неї все боліло.

    ruУ нее всё болело.

    deIhr tat alles weh.

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Translations

9 languages
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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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