ache
/eɪk/verb
To feel a steady, dull pain, or to be the cause of such pain.
Example sentences
- “My legs ached for two days after the long hike up the mountain.”
- “Her back aches whenever she sits at her desk for too long.”
As a noun it forms compounds with body parts: headache, backache, toothache. "Ache for" means to long for something intensely.