| VERB | perception | ache, hurt, suffer | feel physical pain |
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| emotion | ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish | have a desire for something or someone who is not present | |
| perception | ache, smart, hurt | be the source of pain | |
| NOUN | state | ache, aching | a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain |
| Sounds | ey'k | |
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| Rhymes | awake ... wake / Wake: 58 rhymes with eyk... | |
| Meaning | A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain. | |
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| Synonym | aching | |
| Narrower | backache | An ache localized in the back |
| earache, otalgia | An ache localized in the middle or inner ear | |
| headache, head ache, cephalalgia | pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs | |
| stomachache, stomach ache, bellyache, gastralgia | An ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | |
| toothache, odontalgia | An ache localized in or around a tooth | |
| Broader | pain, hurting | A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder |
| Spanish | dolor | |
| Catalan | dolor, mal | |
| Adjectives | achy | causing a dull and steady pain |
| Verbs | ache | be the source of pain |
| ache | feel physical pain | |
| Meaning | Feel physical pain. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue ache | |
| Synonyms | hurt, suffer | |
| Narrower | catch, get | Suffer from the receipt of |
| kill | Be the source of great pain for | |
| prick, sting, twinge | Cause a stinging pain | |
| twinge | Feel a sudden sharp, local pain | |
| Broader | perceive, comprehend | To become aware of through the senses |
| Spanish | doler, lastimar, sufrir | |
| Catalan | doldre, doler, fer mal, patir | |
| Nouns | ache, aching | a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain |
| Meaning | Have a desire for something or someone who is not present. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "She ached for a cigarette" | |
| Synonyms | yearn, yen, pine, languish | |
| Narrower | die | languish as with love or desire |
| Broader | hanker, long, yearn | desire strongly or persistently |
| Spanish | anhelar, ansiar, consumirse, doler | |
| Catalan | consumir-se, doldre, saber greu | |
| Meaning | Be the source of pain. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Model | Did his feet ache? | |
| Synonyms | smart, hurt | |
| Caused by | hurt | Give trouble or pain to |
| Narrower | act up | make itself felt as a recurring pain |
| bite, sting, burn | Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | |
| burn | Feel hot or painful | |
| hunger | Feel the need to eat | |
| itch | Have or perceive an itch | |
| shoot | Cause a sharp and sudden pain in | |
| thirst | Feel the need to drink | |
| throb | pulsate or pound with abnormal force | |
| Broader | cause to be perceived | Have perceptible qualities |
| Spanish | doler, escocer | |
| Catalan | coure, fer mal, picar, pruir | |
| Nouns | ache, aching | a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain |
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