ache

ache
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ constant, deep (figurative), dull, nagging, throbbing
▪ familiar
▪ muscular, stomach, tummy
VERB + ACHE
▪ be aware of, feel, have
▪

She kept feeling the nagging ache in her heart.

▪

I felt the familiar ache in my lower back.

▪ ease
▪

He changed his position once again to ease the ache in his back.

ACHE + VERB
▪ throb
▪

A dull ache throbbed at the back of David's head.

PREPOSITION
▪ ache in
▪

a nagging ache in her knee

▪

She could hardly speak for the ache in her heart.

▪ ache inside
▪ ache of
▪

the ache of loneliness inside him

PHRASES
▪ aches and pains
▪

He was always complaining about his various aches and pains.

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verb
ADVERB
▪ badly, really, terribly
▪

My feet ached badly.

▪ a little, slightly, etc.
▪

My left foot ached a little.

PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪

I still really ache from all that running yesterday.

PHRASES
▪ ache all over
▪

Her head felt hot and she was aching all over.

Ache is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑back, ↑body, ↑chest, ↑ear, ↑head, ↑heart, ↑joint, ↑knee, ↑leg, ↑lung, ↑muscle, ↑neck, ↑side, ↑throat, ↑tooth, ↑tummy

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