'Moan' definitions:

Definition of 'moan'

(from WordNet)
noun
An utterance expressing pain or disapproval [syn: groan, moan]
verb
Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened" [syn: groan, moan]

Definition of 'Moan'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Sullen moans, hollow groans. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things. [1913 Webster]
  • Rippling waters made a pleasant moan. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Moan'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make him moan. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Moan'

From: GCIDE
  • Moan \Moan\, v. t.
  • 1. To bewail audibly; to lament. [1913 Webster]
  • Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Which infinitely moans me. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'moan'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Moan'