pains

See also: Pains, PAINs, and PAINS

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɪnz/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: panes

Noun

pains

1. plural of pain
2. (used in plural) Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. […] Next day she […] tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and had perhaps spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.

Translations

trouble taken to do something

• Latin: opera (la) f
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Verb

pains

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pain

Derived terms

• be at pains
• take pains

Anagrams

• IP SAN, Pisan, Spain, aspin, nipas, pinas, piñas, spina

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French

Noun

pains m

1. plural of pain

Anagrams

• pinas, sapin