He ached for her as he'd never ached for any woman.
The water steamed and bubbled around me. I felt a rush of gratitude for it, that it should well up out of the mountain, bathe my aching body, and unthaw my frozen limbs.
The salve made the soreness go away, but with the aches gone I suddenly noticed my other pains.
Meaning of aches for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "aches" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.