Moan (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Moaning.] [AS. mnan 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.
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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.
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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.
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