ache
Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic painContinued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
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. — deniko
ruУ меня всё болит. — Biga
deMir tut alles weh. — MUIRIEL
My head really aches.
У мене дуже болить голова. — deniko
ruУ меня очень болит голова. — sharptoothed
deIch habe schlimme Kopfschmerzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
My arms are aching.
У мене болять руки. — deniko
ruУ меня болят руки. — odexed
Does your head ache?
У тебе болить голова? — deniko
She was aching all over.
У неї все боліло. — deniko
ruУ нее всё болело. — odexed
deIhr tat alles weh. — Tamy
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
33 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- aching all over
- aching all
- head ached