to ache
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- verb
- /eɪk/
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doler
- Suddenly her body aches all over; she feels as if she might get sick.
We get classic Sarah J Maas, heavy breasts that ache, knees buckling.
- We get classic Sarah J Maas, heavy breasts that ache, knees buckling.
- You'll be pleased to hear my joints don't ache anymore.
- So if you're sitting and your back starts to ache, you should not think my back is aching.
- A cold pack for, you know, a, you know, a bruise that really aches or maybe even a break or a sprain or heat.
- The places that ache or have pleasant sensations, tingle or itch, warm, cool.
- Or you can say Oh my God I woke up from the bed and my joints don't ache.
- And then finally this little piece of hair here, wow, I'd really forgotten how much curling your hair makes your arms ache.
- Accidental shocking battery that that's an A A AA that ache us.
Examples
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After a long day at work, my back began to ache from sitting too long.
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My legs ache.
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Her head was starting to ache, and she was glad that today was her day off.
Fiction book (1990) -
I am weak now, my legs ache, and there is a strange pain in my side.
Fiction book (1996) -
My joints ache before a heavy rainfall.
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Eventually, her back began to ache as well, right around the shoulders and between the shoulder blades.
Fiction book (1990) -
Casimir's muscles began to ache, a feeling he knew all too well.
Fiction book (1992) -
My whole body aches like the day after intense work-out.
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Now your body aches.
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"I've got some nasty body bruises and contusions, and I ache all over."
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A deep, empty pain in the chest or heart that feels emotional rather than physical
How Painful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ache comes from an old English word that meant 'pain'. Think of a slow, deep hurt that stays with you — to ache is to feel that steady, dull 'pain'.