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# headache

noun (a headache, headaches)

«headache» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A headache is a pain in your head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#m1)
2. A headache can also mean a problem that is annoying or hard to solve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health lessons, headaches can come from not drinking enough water, not sleeping enough, too much screen time, being hungry, too much sun or being ill; resting, drinking water and telling an adult helps. Medicine for headaches must only be given by an adult. A very bad headache with a stiff neck, rash or after a head bump needs a doctor straight away. Phrases: have a headache, a bad headache, splitting headache, give someone a headache.

### Examples

- I've got a headache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x1)
- Drink some water; it might help your headache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x2)
- Too much screen time gives me a headache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x3)
- Tell an adult if you have a bad headache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x4)
- She lay down because of her headache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x5)
- All this noise is giving me a headache! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x6)
- The broken printer was a real headache for the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x7)
- After the bump on his head, he had a headache, so they went to the doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x8)
- You are talking wildly, and I shall have a most terrible headache! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/#x9)

### Note

Countable: «a headache», «I have a headache» (not «I have headache» in usual English). The ch is said like k: «HED-ake». Other aches: toothache, stomach ache, earache.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «headache» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headache/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«headache» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/headache.html) on Mova free.