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| ache [ ayk ] |
intransitive verb (3rd person present singular aches, present participle aching, past and past participle ached) |
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1. feel pain: to feel or be the site of a dull constant pain
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2. yearn: to yearn for the presence of somebody or something
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3. want badly: to want something very much
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informal
)
  aching to tell her the news
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noun (plural aches) |
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constant pain: a feeling of constant dull pain
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| [ Old English æce (noun), acan (verb), origin ? The ch spelling arose from a mistaken association with Greek akhos 'pain'] |
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| achingly adverb |
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