1 [V] to feel a continuous dull pain:
I'm aching all over. * Her eyes ached from lack of sleep. * (figurative) It makes my heart ache (= it makes me sad) to see her suffer.
2 ~ for sb/sth (written) to have a strong desire for sb/sth or to do sth
SYNLONG:
[V] I was aching for home. * [Vtoinf] He ached to see her.
noun (often in compounds) a continuous feeling of pain in a part of the body:
Mummy, I've got a tummy ache. * Muscular aches and pains can be soothed by a relaxing massage. * (figurative) an ache in my heart (= a continuous sad feeling)
seealsoBELLYACHE, HEARTACHE
achy adjective (informal):
I felt hot and achy all over.
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