ache

ache
1 verb (I)
1 if part of your body aches, you feel a continuous, but not very sharp pain there: The noise of the traffic made my head ache. | an aching back
2 ache to do sth/for sth to want to do or have something very much: I was aching to tell him the good news.
2 noun (C)
1 a continuous pain that is not sharp, for example the pain you feel after you have used part of your body too much: After three days the ache in his legs had almost gone. | backache | dull ache (=an annoying ache that is not very painful): My hand started to hurt with a sort of dull ache. | aches and pains (=many small pains which you feel at the same time): Apart from the usual aches and pains, she felt all right.
2 a strong feeling of wanting something
- achy adjective: My arm feels all achy.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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