GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Moan , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moaned ; 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.]
    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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   To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.
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   Moan, v. t.
   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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   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.]
   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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   A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.
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   Rippling waters made a pleasant moan.
   Byron.
   
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