pains

pain

P0014100 (pān)n.1. a. An unpleasant feeling occurring as a result of injury or disease, usually localized in some part of the body: felt pains in his chest.b. Bodily suffering characterized by such feelings: drugs to treat pain.2. a. Mental or emotional suffering; distress.b. An instance of this: the pains of humiliation.3. pains The pangs of childbirth.4. pains Great care or effort: taking pains with one's work.5. Informal A source of annoyance; a nuisance: Stuffing all these envelopes is a real pain.tr.v. pained, pain·ing, pains 1. To cause physical pain to; hurt: My feet really pained me after the hike.2. To cause mental or emotional distress to: "It pained him to remember every little thing about her" (John Irving).Idiom: on/under pain of Subject to the penalty of (a specified punishment, such as death).

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[Middle English, from Old French peine, from Latin poena, penalty, pain, from Greek poinē, penalty; see k^wei- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: pain, ache, pang, stitch, throe, twinge
These nouns denote a sensation of severe physical discomfort: abdominal pain; aches in my leg; the pangs of a cramped muscle; a stitch in my side; the throes of dying; a twinge of arthritis.

pains

(peɪnz) pl n1. care, trouble, or effort (esp in the phrases take pains, be at pains to)2. painful sensations experienced during contractions in childbirth; labour pains

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pains - an effortful attempt to attain a goalnisus, striving, strainattempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour - earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"jehad, jihad - a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal

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