'Moaning' definitions:

Definition of 'Moaning'

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]