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pains
noun(pain)
punishment
pains
noun(pain)
a localized or generalized unpleasant bodily sensation or complex of sensations that causes mild to severe physical discomfort and emotional distress and typically results from bodily disorder (such as injury or disease); also : the state marked by the presence of such sensations
pains
noun(pain)
a basic bodily sensation that is induced by a noxious stimulus, is received by naked nerve endings, is associated with actual or potential tissue damage, is characterized by physical discomfort (such as pricking, throbbing, or aching), and typically leads to evasive action
pains
verb(pain)
to make suffer or cause distress to : hurt
pains
verb(pain)
to put (oneself) to trouble or exertion
pains
verb(pain)
suffer
pains
plural noun(pain)
pains in the legs of growing children having no demonstrable relation to growth
pains
plural noun(pain)
the stresses and strains attending a new project or development
pains
idiom(pain)
to try hard (to do something)
pains
idiom(pain)
to try hard (to do something)
pains
idiom(pain)
to try hard (to do something)

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