definition of the word ache

From Old (and modern) French ache, from Latin apium, parsley.

• • enPR: āch, IPA: /eɪtʃ/, SAMPA: /eItS/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtʃ

ache (plural aches)

1. (obsolete) Parsley.

Old English acan (verb), from æċe (noun), from West Germanic. The verb was originally strong, declining like take etc., but has taken weak endings since Middle English. Historically the verb was spelled ake, until Dr Johnson mistakenly derived it from Ancient Greek ἄχος, pain.

• • enPR: āk, IPA: /eɪk/, SAMPA: /eIk/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪk

to ache (third-person singular simple present aches, present participle aching, simple past and past participle ached)

1. (intransitive) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.

   • Fie, how my bones ache! - Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, II-v
   • The sins that in your conscience ache. — Keble

• ache for

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