moan

The definition of a moan is a long, low sound, often due to pain.

(noun)

An example of a moan is the sound that someone with a stomach ache may make.

Moan is defined as to complain or grieve about something or to utter a low, long sound of pain.

(verb)

  1. An example of moan is to express extreme sorrow about a death in the family.
  2. An example of moan is for a person to make a pained sound when having a stomach ache.

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See moan in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. Archaic a complaint; lamentation
  2. a low, mournful sound of sorrow or pain
  3. any sound like this: the moan of the wind

Origin: ME mone, prob. < base of OE mænan, to complain: see mean

intransitive verb

  1. to utter a moan or moans
  2. to complain, lament, grieve, etc.

transitive verb

  1. to say with a moan
  2. to complain about; bewail: to moan one's fate

See moan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.
    b. A similar sound: the eerie moan of the night wind.
  2. Lamentation.
verb moaned, moan·ing, moans
verb, intransitive
  1. a. To utter a moan or moans.
    b. To make a sound resembling a moan: A saxophone moaned in the background.
  2. To complain, lament, or grieve: an old man who still moans about his misspent youth.
verb, transitive
  1. To bewail or bemoan: She moaned her misfortunes to anyone who would listen.
  2. To utter with moans or a moan.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English mone

Origin: , from Old English *mān; see mei-no- in Indo-European roots

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