aching

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.kɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ

Verb

aching

  1. present participle and gerund of ache

Adjective

aching (comparative more aching, superlative most aching)

  1. That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
    • 1851, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Legend:
      The aching heart, the aching head.
    • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 189:
      There was a long spell of silence, a big, aching void, and then from the Professor a keen 'S-s-s-s!'

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Noun

aching (plural achings)

  1. The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.

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