ACHE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ache mean?
• ACHE (noun)
The noun ACHE has 1 sense:
1. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
Familiarity information: ACHE used as a noun is very rare.
• ACHE (verb)
The verb ACHE has 3 senses:
1. feel physical pain
2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
3. be the source of pain
Familiarity information: ACHE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ACHE (noun)
Meaning:
A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
ache; aching
Hypernyms ("ache" is a kind of...):
hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ache"):
odontalgia; toothache (an ache localized in or around a tooth)
backache (an ache localized in the back)
cephalalgia; head ache; headache (pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs)
bellyache; gastralgia; stomach ache; stomachache (an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region)
earache; otalgia (an ache localized in the middle or inner ear)
• ACHE (verb)
Meaning:
Feel physical pain
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
ache; hurt; suffer
Context example:
Were you hurting after the accident?
Hypernyms (to "ache" is one way to...):
comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ache"):
kill (be the source of great pain for)
prick; sting; twinge (cause a stinging pain)
twinge (feel a sudden sharp, local pain)
catch; get (suffer from the receipt of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue ache
Meaning:
Have a desire for something or someone who is not present
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
yen; pine; languish; yearn; ache
Context examples:
She ached for a cigarette / I am pining for my lover
Hypernyms (to "ache" is one way to...):
hanker; long; yearn (desire strongly or persistently)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ache"):
die (languish as with love or desire)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be the source of pain
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
hurt; smart; ache
Hypernyms (to "ache" is one way to...):
cause to be perceived (have perceptible qualities)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ache"):
throb (pulsate or pound with abnormal force)
act up (make itself felt as a recurring pain)
thirst (feel the need to drink)
hunger (feel the need to eat)
itch (have or perceive an itch)
burn (feel hot or painful)
bite; burn; sting (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort)
shoot (cause a sharp and sudden pain in)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Sentence example:
Did his feet ache?
