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aching for

aching for is the present participle and gerund 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 aching for

What is aching for the present participle and gerund of?
Aching for is the present participle and gerund of ache for.

Words near aching for in the dictionary

  1. Achimota
  2. Achin
  3. Achinese
  4. achiness
  5. aching
  6. aching for
  7. achingly
  8. achings
  9. achiote
  10. achiotes
  11. Achir

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aching 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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