pains

n. aches and cramps associated with childbirth; great effort, efforts to get something done

v. hurt, cause pain; grieve, sadden

n. sensation of physical discomfort (often due to illness or injury); emotional suffering or distress; someone or something that is irritating or problematic

Pain is a sensation transmitted from sensory nerves through the spinal cord and to the sensory area of the cerebrum, where the sensation is perceived. It is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage”.
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Noun
1. an effortful attempt to attain a goal
(synonym) striving, nisus, strain
(hypernym) attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
(hyponym) jihad, jehad

Noun
1. a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
(synonym) hurting
(hypernym) symptom
(hyponym) ache, aching
(derivation) anguish, hurt
2. emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"
(synonym) painfulness
(antonym) pleasure, pleasance
(hypernym) feeling
(hyponym) growing pains
(derivation) anguish, hurt
3. a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"
(synonym) painful sensation
(hypernym) somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation
(hyponym) mittelschmerz
(derivation) afflict, trouble, ail
4. a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain"
(synonym) pain in the neck, nuisance
(hypernym) unpleasant person, disagreeable person
5. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
(synonym) annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
(hypernym) negative stimulus
(hyponym) nuisance
(derivation) anguish, hurt
Verb
1. cause bodily suffering to
(synonym) afflict, trouble, ail
(hypernym) hurt
(hyponym) disagree with
(derivation) painful sensation
2. cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
(synonym) anguish, hurt
(hypernym) upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
(hyponym) agonize, agonise
(cause) suffer
(derivation) annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass

n. bread, loaf

(n.)
Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.