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aches for

aches for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ache for.

Meaning of ache for

Verb

ache for (third-person singular simple present aches for, present participle aching for, simple past and past participle ached for)

  1. To desire or want something, or someone, very much.
    • He ached for her as he'd never ached for any woman.

Questions about aches for

What is aches for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Aches for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ache for.

Words near aches for in the dictionary

  1. Acheronian
  2. acherontic
  3. Acherontical
  4. achers
  5. aches
  6. aches for
  7. achesome
  8. Acheson
  9. Acheson process
  10. achest
  11. acheth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aches for (page history and authors); ache for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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