ake
/eɪk/
ake is the obsolete spelling of ache.
Meaning of ache
Verb
ache (third-person singular simple present aches, present participle aching, simple past ached or (obsolete) oke, past participle ached or (obsolete) oke or (obsolete) aken)
- To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- My feet were aching for days after the marathon.
- To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
Noun
ake (plural akes)
- The groove made in a stone forming part of a killock.
- Returning with the timber portions of his anchor, to the stone, he would assemble all together […] The ake would be the slightly hollowed part of the stone that fitted closely to the sides […]1913, Leonard George Carr Laughton, Roger Charles Anderson, William Gordon Perrin, The Mariner's Mirror (volume 3, page 300)
Adverb
IPA/ɑːˈkeɪ/
ake (not comparable)
- forever
- The answer given was : — " Friends, this is the reply of the Maori : we shall fight on ake, ake, ake, for ever, for ever, for ever."1882, B. Francis, Isles of the Pacific: Or, Sketches from the South Seas, page 78
- That was the time when the great wish grew in the heart of Maui, the wish to conquer his powerful enemy Hine-nui-te-po, that Night might die and man may live for ever: ake, ake, ake!—yes, it was his great wish.1907, Wilhelm Dittmer, Te Tohunga: The Ancient Legends and Traditions of the Maoris
Proper noun capitalized: Ake
Ake
- A Nigerian Plateau language.
- Synonyms:
- Aike
Synonyms of ake
- Aike
Forms of ake
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | akes |
| present participle | aking |
| past | aked |
| past | oke |
| past participle | aked |
| past participle | oke |
| past participle | aken |
| Noun | |
| plural | akes |
Origin of ake
From Middle English aken, from Old English acan (“to ache”), from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”). More at ache.
Borrowed from Māori ake.
Words formed from ake
Words that rhyme with ake
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- flake
- slake
- stake
- wake
- sheikh
- strake
- betake
- mosaic
- blake
- fake
- jake
- opaque
- forsake
- lake
- mistake
- raik
- retake
- sake
- claik
- hake
- partake
- quake
- Spirit Lake
- steak
- ache
- remake
- spake
- tea break
- wrake
- alphamosaic
- ashake
- Choctaw Lake
- crake
- Deer Lake
- demake
- eastern green drake
- glass snake
- laik
- moonquake
- Mud Lake
- nake
- overtake
- parliament cake
- prison break
- radiopaque
- rattlesnake
- reshake
- sodaic
Questions about ake
- What does ake mean?
- Ake means the groove made in a stone forming part of a killock.
- What is ake the obsolete spelling of?
- Ake is the obsolete spelling of ache.
- What part of speech is ake?
- Ake can be a noun, an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ake?
- Ake is pronounced /eɪk/.
- What is the plural of ake?
- The plural of ake is akes.
Words near ake in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ake (page history and authors); Ake (page history and authors); ache (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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