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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ach•ing (ā′king),USA pronunciation adj. - causing physical pain or distress:treatment for an aching back.
- Pathologyfull of or precipitating nostalgia, grief, loneliness, etc.
- 1200–1250; Middle English; see ache, -ing2
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ache /eɪk/USA pronunciation v., ached/eɪkt/USA pronunciation ach•ing, n. v. [no object] - Pathologyto have a continuous dull pain:His back ached from lifting.
- to want (something) very much;
yearn;
long: [ ~ + for + obj]:was aching for a hot shower.[ ~ + to + verb]:ached to have a drink.
n. [countable] - Pathologya continuous dull pain.
ach•ing•ly, adv. ach•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ache (āk),USA pronunciation v., ached, ach•ing, n. v.i. - Pathologyto 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.
n. - 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)- to feel, suffer, or be the source of a continuous dull pain
- to suffer mental anguish
n - a continuous dull pain
Etymology: Old English ācan (vb), æce (n), Middle English aken (vb), ache (n). Compare bake, batchˈaching adj |