[
US
/ˈeɪk/
]
VERB
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have a desire for something or someone who is not present
She ached for a cigarette
I am pining for my lover - be the source of pain
-
feel physical pain
Were you hurting after the accident?
NOUN
- a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
How To Use ache In A Sentence
- But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
- Apart from any other objection, a different classification would be reached if the characters were used in a different sequence.
- The house was a semi-detached with a couple of children playing in the front lawn and his son was just arriving home from his days work.
- It wasn't a bad program; with full profs as teachers, I read a lot and learned a lot.
- Thell Torrence's name may not be familiar to the average fight fan but he, along with a couple of others, is the premier teacher of the manly art in the USA.
- Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
- Many teachers wish to abolish the cane.
- ‘If you've no wish to sell the charcoals,’ Rachel began, ‘I don't at all blame you.'
- Then, as they approached the docks, the diggers stared in awe at the remains of the once-mighty Imperial Japanese Navy.
- As Appling reached down for the ball, it took a bad hop and caromed off his shoulder.