pain

Definitions


[peɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury
(e.g: she's in great pain)

- great care or trouble
(e.g: she took pains to see that everyone ate well)


Phrases:
- be at pains to do something
- for one's pains
- no pain, no gain
- on pain of

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘suffering inflicted as punishment for an offence’): from Old French peine, from Latin poena ‘penalty’, later ‘pain’


[peɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause mental or physical pain to
(e.g: it pains me to say this)


Phrases:
- be at pains to do something
- for one's pains
- no pain, no gain
- on pain of

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘suffering inflicted as punishment for an offence’): from Old French peine, from Latin poena ‘penalty’, later ‘pain’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries