ache
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- n a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
- v feel physical pain
- v have a desire for something or someone who is not present
She ached for a cigarette - v be the source of pain
- But the ache had grown to pain, and the pain to agony.
- On halloween night last year, an 11-year-old girl in Sendai, 350 km north of Tokyo, complained of a tummy ache.
- Few of the pains of inflation have so infuriated consumers as the ache in their sweet tooth caused by the astounding rise in sugar prices.