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# ache

«ache» in Mova's school dictionary: **a pain that goes on for a long time but is not sharp** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an ache, aches); verb (ache, aches, ached, aching)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An ache is a pain that goes on for a long time but is not sharp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#m1)

2) To ache is to hurt with a dull, steady pain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#m2)

3) To ache for something is to want it very much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons pupils learn names of aches: headache, toothache, stomach ache, earache, backache, and that a long ache should be told to an adult or a doctor. After sport muscles may ache. In stories a heart aches with sadness. Phrases: aches and pains, my legs ache, ache all over.

### examples

- I have a stomach ache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#x1)
- My legs ache after the long walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#x2)
- She went to the dentist because of a toothache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#x3)
- Tell a grown-up if your ear aches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#x4)
- His muscles ached after football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#x5)
- My head aches when I don't drink enough water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#x6)
- Grandad has aches and pains in his knees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#x7)
- Her heart ached when her dog was lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#x8)
- I had head-ache and back-ache, and I cannot tell what aches besides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/#x9)

### note

Pronounced «ake» — the «ch» sounds like «k». Regular verb (ached). Joined words: headache, toothache, earache, backache (often written as one word); «stomach ache» is two words. «I have a headache» (with «a»). An ache is dull and long; a sharp sudden pain is a «pain» or «sting».

### In the corpora

- [You remember Mia's tummy ache and Chloe's grandma's birthday, and you "lived" a rainy school trip.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/27-who-you-are-words-not-body/0/)
- [The King, relieved, asks the Queen to question the next witness, as it makes his forehead ache.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/12/)
- [It quite makes my forehead ache!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/33/)
- [A tummy ache every morning before school can be the body's way of showing worry, so tell your parents and teacher.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/12/)
- [Worry and sadness kept secret for a long time can cause stomach aches, headaches and bad sleep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ache» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ache/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.