English Dictionary: moaning | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. |