transcription, транскрипция: [ eɪk ]
( aches, aching, ached)
1.
If you ache or a part of your body aches , you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
Her head was throbbing and she ached all over...
My leg still aches when I sit down...
The weary walkers soothed their aching feet in the sea.
VERB : V adv / prep , V , V-ing
2.
An ache is a steady, fairly strong pain in a part of your body.
Poor posture can cause neck ache, headaches and breathing problems.
N-COUNT : usu with supp , oft N in n , n N
see also backache , headache , heartache , stomach ache
3.
If you ache for something or your heart aches , you want something very much, and feel very unhappy because you cannot have it. ( WRITTEN )
She still ached for the lost intimacy and sexual contact of marriage...
It was quite an achievement to keep smiling when his heart must have been aching.
= long, yearn
VERB : V for n , V
4.
You can use aches and pains to refer in a general way to any minor pains that you feel in your body.
It seems to ease all the aches and pains of a hectic and tiring day.
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