Hypertext Webster Gateway: "moan"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Moan \Moan\, v. t.
1. To bewail audibly; to lament.

Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear
Columbo, dead and gone. --Prior.

2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs.]

Which infinitely moans me. --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Moan \Moan\, n. [OE. mone. See {Moan}, v. i.]
1. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of
pain or of grief; a low groan.

Sullen moans, hollow groans. --Pope.

2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.

Rippling waters made a pleasant moan. --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Moan \Moan\ (m[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moaned} (m[=o]nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Moaning}.] [AS. m[=ae]nan to moan, also, to
mean; but in the latter sense perh. a different word. Cf.
{Mean} to intend.]
1. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether
articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.

Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. --Thomson.

Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make
him moan. --Shak.

2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate;
as, the wind moans.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

moan
n : an utterance expressing pain or disapproval [syn: {groan}]
v : indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students
groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets";
"The ancient door soughed when opened" [syn: {groan}, {sough}]


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