"ache for" meaning in English

See ache for in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: aches for [present, singular, third-person], aching for [participle, present], ached for [participle, past], ached for [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Translations (to desire or want very much): verlangen (Dutch), smachten naar (Dutch), λαχταρώ (lachtaró) (Greek), πονώ (ponó) (Greek), pożądać (Polish), anhelar (Spanish), ansiar (Spanish), längta efter (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to desire or want very much",
          "word": "verlangen"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to desire or want very much",
          "word": "smachten naar"
        },
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          "roman": "lachtaró",
          "sense": "to desire or want very much",
          "word": "λαχταρώ"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "ponó",
          "sense": "to desire or want very much",
          "word": "πονώ"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to desire or want very much",
          "word": "pożądać"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to desire or want very much",
          "word": "anhelar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to desire or want very much",
          "word": "ansiar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to desire or want very much",
          "word": "längta efter"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to desire or want very much",
      "word": "verlangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to desire or want very much",
      "word": "smachten naar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lachtaró",
      "sense": "to desire or want very much",
      "word": "λαχταρώ"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ponó",
      "sense": "to desire or want very much",
      "word": "πονώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to desire or want very much",
      "word": "pożądać"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to desire or want very much",
      "word": "anhelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to desire or want very much",
      "word": "ansiar"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to desire or want very much",
      "word": "längta efter"
    }
  ],
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}

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