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# achy

«achy» in Mova's school dictionary: **feeling a dull, steady pain, often in the muscles or joints** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (achy, achier, achiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Achy means feeling a dull, steady pain, often in the muscles or joints. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achy/#m1)

2) You feel achy when you are tired, ill with a cold or flu, or after a lot of exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health lessons it describes how the body feels: achy legs after a long walk, achy all over with the flu. It helps a child tell an adult how they feel, which is part of safety and health. It is informal.

### examples

- I feel hot and achy, so I think I have the flu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achy/#x1)
- My legs were achy after the cross-country run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achy/#x2)
- Grandma's knees get achy when it is cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achy/#x3)
- After sleeping on the floor, my back felt achy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achy/#x4)
- Tell an adult if you feel achy and have a high temperature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achy/#x5)
- Her arms were achy from carrying the shopping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/achy/#x6)

### note

Comes from «ache» (a dull pain). Spelled «achy», not «achey». Pronounced like «ake-ee». An ache is a long dull pain; a sharp, sudden pain is not usually called achy.

### In the corpora

- [Staying in one position for a long time, sitting or lying, makes muscles stiff and achy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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