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Webster 1913 Edition

Moan

Moan

(mōn)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Moaned
(mōnd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Moaning
.]
[AS.
mǣnan
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
.
Shakespeare
2.
To emit a sound like moan; – said of things inanimate;
as, the wind
moans
.

Moan

,
Verb.
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.

Moan

,
Noun.
[OE.
mone
. See
Moan
,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Moan

MOAN

,
Verb.
T.
To lament; to deplore; to bewail with an audible voice.
Ye floods, ye woods,ye echoes, moan
My dear Columbo dead and gone.

MOAN

,
Verb.
I.
To grieve; to make lamentations.
Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans.

MOAN

,
Noun.
Lamentation; audible expression of sorrow; grief expressed in words or cried.
Sullen moans,
Hollow groans.

Definition 2024

Moan

Moan

See also: moan and möän

Manx

Proper noun

Moan f

  1. Anglesey

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Moan Voan unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Silesian German

Noun

Moan

  1. man

moan

moan

See also: möän and Moan

English

Noun

moan ‎(plural moans)

  1. a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

Translations

Verb

moan ‎(third-person singular simple present moans, present participle moaning, simple past and past participle moaned)

  1. (transitive, now rare) To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. [from 13th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
      Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].
    • Prior
      Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
  2. (intransitive, now chiefly poetic) To grieve. [from 14th c.]
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden. [15th-17th c.]
    • Beaumont and Fletcher
      which infinitely moans me
  4. (intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound. [from 18th c.]
  5. (transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice. [from 19th c.]
    ‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned.
  6. (intransitive, colloquial) To complain; to grumble. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:complain

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Anagrams

Breton

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmwãːn/

Adjective

moan

  1. thin, slender

Synonyms

  • tanav

Antonyms

Finnish

Noun

moan

  1. Genitive singular form of moa.

Anagrams

Etymology

From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn ‎(“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-Germanic *mainō ‎(“opinion; mind”). Cognate with Old Frisian mēne ‎(“opinion”), Old High German meina ‎(“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan ‎(“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.

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