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   Moan (mōn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moaned (mōnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Moaning.] [AS. mǣnan 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.
   
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   Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. Thomson.
   
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   Let there bechance him pitiful mischances,
   
   To make him moan. Shak.
   
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   2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, “the wind moans”.
   
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   Moan, v. t.
   1. To bewail audibly; to lament.
   
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   Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan
   
   My dear Columbo, dead and gone. Prior.
   
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   2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs.]
   
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   Which infinitely moans me. Beau. & Fl.
   
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   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.
   
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   Sullen moans, hollow groans. Pope.
   
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   2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.
   
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   Rippling waters made a pleasant moan. Byron.
   
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