pains

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of pain
2. (plural, plural-only)Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.

   “Captain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably, as if he had been John Manly over again.”

   “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 perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.”

3. (form-of, plural)plural of PAIN
4. (form-of, plural)plural of PAIN

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of pain

name

1. (form-of, plural)plural of Pain