Meaning of pain | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. pain, ache, aching soreness, tenderness (physical)
3. Any of various breads stuffed with a filling.
   obsolete
4. An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
   countable, uncountable
5. Acronym of pan-assay interference compound.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
6. Subject to the penalty of (a specified punishment, such as death).
7. grief
8. The pangs or sufferings of childbirth, caused by contractions of the uterus.
   countable, plural-normally, uncountable
9. on or under pain of, subject to the penalty of; risking: on pain of death.
10. sorrow, hurt, pain, suffering (emotional, mental)
11. The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
    uncountable
12. producing pain.
13. sore (in certain expressions)
14. An annoying person or thing.
    countable
15. Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
    dated, uncountable
16. a deriving of sexual pleasure from inflicting or enduring pain. Cf. masochism, sadism. — algolagnist, n. — algolagnic, adj.
    n
17. heartache
18. Labour; effort; great care or trouble taken in doing something.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
19. measurement of pain by means of an algometer, an instrument for determining sensitivity to pain produced by pressure. — algometric, algometrical, adj.
    adj
20. a love of pain.
21. an extreme fear of pain. Cf. odynophobia.
22. otalgia.
23. pain in the nerves of the upper arm.
24. a burning or other painful feeling in the stomach or esophagus; heartburn.

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Examples

“The greatest difficulty lies in treating patients with chronic pain.”

“I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.”

“When the pains are every five minutes and quite strong or the cervix is five cm. dilated along with regular and strong pains, the mother is given a block anesthesia of 1 cc. of 1:200 nupercaine, 1 cc. of 10 per cent dextrose with .05 cc. of 1:1000 adrenalin.”

“In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life.”

“The pain of departure was difficult to bear.”

“And I should tell him all my pain, ⁠And how my life had droop’d of late, ⁠And he should sorrow o’er my state And marvel what possess’d my brain; […]”

“Your mother is a right pain.”

“Today is match day, Grimsby Town are at home, and the ground is walking distance from New Clee station. So, visiting football supporters coming by train have to change at Grimsby Town [station]. That's a real pain.”

“You may not leave this room on pain of death.”

“We will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him.”

“Seb[astian]. […] [M]y duty, then, / To interpoſe; on pain of my diſpleasure, / Betwixt your Swords[.] / Dor[ax]. On pain of Infamy / He ſhould have diſobey'd.”

“gammon pain; Spanish pain”

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