Chest vs Achest - What's the difference?
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A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
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(lb) A coffin.
The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
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A chest of drawers.
(senseid)(lb) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.
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#A hit or blow made with one's chest.
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To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
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To deposit in a chest.
(obsolete) To place in a coffin.
* Bible, Genesis 1. 26
(archaic) (ache)
To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
* Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , Act II, Scene V:
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, title= (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
* Shakespeare, The Tempest , Act I, Scene II:
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As verbs the difference between chest and achest
is that chest is to hit with one's chest (front of one's body while achest is archaic second-person singular of ache.As a noun chest
is a box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.chest
English
{{ picdic , image=Chest.jpg , width=310 , detail1= , detail2= }}Etymology 1
From (etyl) cheste, chiste, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (the thorax) breast * (box) trunkDerived terms
* bad chest * chest cavity * chest cold * chestless * chestlike * chest of drawers * chest pass * chestnut * chest wall * chesty * get off one’s chest * hope chest * keep one's cards close to one's chest * treasure chest * war chestVerb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Pedersen fed Kalinic in West Brom's defensive third and his chested lay-off was met on the burst by the Canadian who pelted by Tamas and smashed the ball into the top of Myhill's net. }}
- He dieth and is chested .
Etymology 2
From (etyl) cheste, cheeste, cheaste, from (etyl) .Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----achest
English
Verb
(head)ache
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) due to the similarity in form and meaning of the two words.Verb
- Fie, how my bones ache!
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache , the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
Derived terms
* ache forSee also
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- Fill all thy bones with aches .