4  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  moan 
  n  :  an  utterance  expressing  pain  or  disapproval  [syn:  {groan}] 
  v  :  indicate  pain,  discomfort,  or  displeasure;  "The  students 
  groaned  when  the  professor  got  out  the  exam  booklets"; 
  "The  ancient  door  soughed  when  opened"  [syn:  {groan},  {sough}] 

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