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ache

Pronunciation: /eɪk/

The English word “ache” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
  2. To cause someone or something to suffer pain.

noun

  1. Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
  2. Emotional suffering causing discomfort and physical pain.
  3. Parsley.

Etymology

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. Cognate with Saterland Frisian eeke, ääke (“to ache, fester”), Low German aken, achen, äken (“to…

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