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# earache

«earache» in Mova's school dictionary: **a pain inside your ear** — 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

noun (an earache, earaches; earache, often uncountable in British English)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Earache is a pain inside your ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earache/#m1)

2) Informally, giving someone earache means nagging or talking at them too much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earache/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health lessons earache is a common illness in children, often after a cold; you tell an adult and may see a doctor. Phrases: «have earache» (UK), «have an earache» (US), «a bad earache».

### examples

- I couldn't sleep because I had earache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earache/#x1)
- She has an earache, so she's staying home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earache/#x2)
- Earache often comes with a cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earache/#x3)
- The doctor looked inside my ear with a little light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earache/#x4)
- A warm cloth helped my earache a bit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earache/#x5)
- Tell a grown-up if you have earache that does not go away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earache/#x6)
- Swimming in dirty water gave him an earache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earache/#x7)
- “Tell me, Lamp-Wick, dear friend, have you ever suffered from an earache?” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earache/#x8)

### note

One word: ear + ache. The «ch» says «k». British English often says «I've got earache»; American English says «I have an earache». Never push anything into your ear to stop the pain.

### In the corpora

- [Earache can be an infection, so you tell an adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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