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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2022
ache /eɪk/USA pronunciation   v., ached/eɪkt/USA pronunciation  ach•ing, n. 
v. [no object]
  1. Pathologyto have a continuous dull pain:His back ached from lifting.
  2. to want (something) very much;
    yearn;
    long: [ ~ + for + obj]:was aching for a hot shower.[ ~ + to + verb]:ached to have a drink.

n. [countable]
  1. Pathologya continuous dull pain.
ach•ing•ly, adv. 
ach•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2022
ache  (āk),USA pronunciation v., ached, ach•ing, n. 
v.i. 
  1. Pathologyto have or suffer a continuous, dull pain:His whole body ached.
  2. to feel great sympathy, pity, or the like:Her heart ached for the starving animals.
  3. to feel eager;
    yearn;
    long:She ached to be the champion. He's just aching to get even.

n. 
  1. Pathologya continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
  • bef. 900; (verb, verbal) Middle English aken, Old English acan; perh. metaphoric use of earlier unattested sense "drive, impel'' (compare Old Norse aka, cognate with Latin agere, Greek ágein); (noun, nominal) derivative of the verb, verbal
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hurt.
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See pain. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ache /eɪk/ vb (intransitive)
  1. to feel, suffer, or be the source of a continuous dull pain
  2. to suffer mental anguish
 n
  1. a continuous dull pain
Etymology: Old English ācan (vb), æce (n), Middle English aken (vb), ache (n). Compare bake, batch

ˈaching adj
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