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What does aching mean?
What does aching mean?
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A constant pain, but not a severe one. Example. You fall and hit your arm on the ground really hard. Initially the pain would be intense and barely tolerable. A day or two later your arm would ache. It still hurts, but not nearly as bad is it did when you fell.
The exceptions to an ache not being too bad are a toothache and a headache. In these cases it describes the length of the pain and not necessarily the severity. A headache can take a long time to go and varies in intensity. Toothaches don't stop until a dentist deals with it.
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@mahasna You're welcome. I forgot to mention its figurative uses. It can also describe emotions. Example. You have been away from your family for a long time. You want nothing more than to see and spend time with them. You could describe that desire as "I've been aching to see my family." Just like the constant pain of a toothache, you have tolerated that constantly and it did hurt you emotionally.
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