pains meaning
EN
[peɪnz] 
US WPains
- Pains may refer to:
- Physical pain
- Suffering
FR pains 
- NounBFpain
- plural of pain.
- (used in plural) Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
- 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.
- plural of pain.
- VerbBFpainPRpainingPT, PPpained
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- ‘That lecturer sure is a pain in the ass, man,’ said Keith, in a contrived, mid-Atlantic accent.
- Most neuroresearch vendors now take great pains to emphasize their adherence to scientific and industry standards, transparency and ethics.
- The agency has been at pains to stress that its decisions are still based on sound science.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Pain is better than numbness, and broken-heartedness better than stony-heartedness, as surely as it is better to be alive than dead.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The most common foot-related injury I see for the weekend warrior is heel pain.
- The salve made the soreness go away, but with the aches gone I suddenly noticed my other pains.
- There are hueseros, who set bones, and sobadors, who massage away pain.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of pains in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
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- fr pains
- en painstaking
- en painslut
- en painsluts
- en painstick
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "pains" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.