Moaning

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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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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     2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate;
        as, the wind moans.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  moaning
       adj : making low inarticulate sound as e.g. of pain or sorrow;
             "the groaning wounded"; "moaning sounds in her sleep"
             [syn: {groaning}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "moaning":
     bemoaning, bewailing, grieving, howling, in mourning, keening,
     lamentation, lamenting, mourning, sigh, sighing, sobbing, sorrow,
     sorrowing, soughing, ululation, wailing, whining