English Explanatory Dictionary

ake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Obsolete spelling of ache.
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of ache.
noun
  1. The groove made in a stone forming part of a killock.
adv
  1. forever
name
  1. A Nigerian Plateau language.

Pronunciation

/eɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ake1.wav /ɑːˈkeɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ake2.wav

Word forms

ake akes aking aked oke aken

Etymology

From Middle English aken, from Old English acan (“to ache”), from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”). More at ache.

Synonyms

Aike

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Ake terms

Derived words

backake bellyake headake heartake toothake
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