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