moan : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: moan	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for moan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moan n an utterance expressing pain or disapproval [syn: groan, moan] v indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened" Synonym(s): groan, moan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moan \Moan\ (m[omac]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moaned} (m[omac]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Moaning}.] [AS. m[aemac]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 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.