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# headache

«headache» in Mova's school dictionary: **a pain in your head** — 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 (a headache, headaches)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A headache is a pain in your head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#m1)

2) A headache can also mean a problem that is annoying or hard to solve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons, headaches can come from not drinking enough water, not sleeping enough, too much screen time, being hungry, too much sun or being ill; resting, drinking water and telling an adult helps. Medicine for headaches must only be given by an adult. A very bad headache with a stiff neck, rash or after a head bump needs a doctor straight away. Phrases: have a headache, a bad headache, splitting headache, give someone a headache.

### examples

- I've got a headache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x1)
- Drink some water; it might help your headache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x2)
- Too much screen time gives me a headache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x3)
- Tell an adult if you have a bad headache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x4)
- She lay down because of her headache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x5)
- All this noise is giving me a headache! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x6)
- The broken printer was a real headache for the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x7)
- After the bump on his head, he had a headache, so they went to the doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x8)
- You are talking wildly, and I shall have a most terrible headache! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a headache», «I have a headache» (not «I have headache» in usual English). The ch is said like k: «HED-ake». Other aches: toothache, stomach ache, earache.

### In the corpora

- [A hangover is how the body feels the day after drinking too much alcohol: headache, tiredness, thirst and feeling sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/14/)
- [Dizziness, headache and feeling sick on a hot day can mean the body is getting too hot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/9-body-signals/16/)
- [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/)
- [Children who keep grief hidden often feel it in their bodies as headaches, stomach aches or trouble sleeping.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/214-family-changes-and-grief/19/)
- [Heat exhaustion can make you dizzy, sick, very tired and give you a headache.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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