ache : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ache	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for ache
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ache n a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn: ache, aching] v feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?" Synonym(s): hurt, ache, suffer have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" Synonym(s): ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish be the source of pain Synonym(s): ache, smart, hurt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ache \Ache\, n. [OE. ache, AS. [91]ce, ece, fr. acan to ache. See {Ache}, v. i.] Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. [bd]Such an ache in my bones.[b8] --Shak. Note: Often used in composition, as, a headache, an earache, a toothache.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ache \Ache\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aching}.] [OE. aken, AS. acan, both strong verbs, AS. acan, imp. [d3]c, p. p. acen, to ache; perh. orig. to drive, and akin to agent.] To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed. [bd]My old bones ache.[b8] --Shak. The sins that in your conscience ache. --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ach \Ach\, Ache \Ache\, n. [F. ache, L. apium parsley.] A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley. [Obs.] --Holland.