ache

[ eyk ]
/ eɪk /

verb (used without object), ached, ach·ing.

to have or suffer a continuous, dull pain: His whole body ached.
to feel great sympathy, pity, or the like: Her heart ached for the starving animals.
to feel eager; yearn; long: She ached to be the champion. He's just aching to get even.

noun

a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).

Origin of ache

before 900; (v.) Middle English aken, Old English acan; perhaps metaphoric use of earlier unattested sense “drive, impel” (compare Old Norse aka, cognate with Latin agere, Greek ágein); (noun) derivative of the v.

synonym study for ache

4. See pain.

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British Dictionary definitions for ache

ache
/ (eɪk) /

verb (intr)

to feel, suffer, or be the source of a continuous dull pain
to suffer mental anguish

noun

a continuous dull pain

Derived forms of ache

aching, adjective achingly, adverb

Word Origin for ache

Old English ācan (vb), æce (n), Middle English aken (vb), ache (n). Compare bake, batch

Medical definitions for ache

ache
[ āk ]

n.

A dull persistent pain.

v.

To suffer a dull, sustained pain.