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English Dictionary: aching by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aching
adj
  1. causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints"
    Synonym(s): aching, achy
n
  1. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn: ache, aching]
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]:
   Aching \Ach"ing\, a.
      That aches; continuously painful. See {Ache}. --
      {Ach"ing*ly}, adv.
  
               The aching heart, the aching head.         --Longfellow.
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