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unache

unache verb: to relieve from pain; soothe.

Verb

unache (third-person singular simple present unaches, present participle unaching, simple past and past participle unached)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To relieve from pain; soothe
    • We ate and we drank and we decided to rest our bruised selves that afternoon. We were in the twilight world now, walking where no man had ever walked before, and we felt ourselves to be golden. It was good to stretch out and try to unache.1967, Worlds of If, volume 17, number 3, page 52
    • Slowly I slide my right hand under the pillow (I sleep on the right, window side) and push my left hand palm up along my thigh — a limp parody of a swimmer's crawl — and I begin to unache, from shoulder through to hand, from thigh down to feet, my back.1999, Niall Duthie, Lobster Moth, page 21

Forms of unache

third-person singular presentunaches
present participleunaching
past participleunached
pastunached

Origin of unache

From Middle English unaken, equivalent to un- + ache.

Questions about unache

What does unache mean?
Unache means to relieve from pain; soothe.
What part of speech is unache?
Unache is a verb.
What is the past tense of unache?
The past tense of unache is unached.

Words near unache in the dictionary

  1. unaccustoming
  2. unaccustoms
  3. unacerbic
  4. unacetylatable
  5. unacetylated
  6. unache
  7. unached
  8. unaches
  9. unachievability
  10. unachievable
  11. unachievably

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