ache
IPA: ˈeɪk
noun
- Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
- (obsolete or historical) Parsley.
- A language spoken by the Yi people of South-Western China.
- Rare spelling of aitch. [The name of the Latin-script letter H.]
- (biochemistry) Abbreviation of acetylcholinesterase. [(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.]
verb
- (intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
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