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Moan

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moan

  [mohn]
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–noun
1. a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
2. any similar sound: the moan of the wind.
3. complaint or lamentation.
–verb (used without object)
4. to utter moans, as of pain or grief.
5. (of the wind, sea, trees, etc.) to make any sound suggestive of such moans: The wind moaned through the trees.
–verb (used with object)
6. to utter (something) inarticulately or pitifully, as if in lamentation: He moaned his response.
7. to lament or bemoan: to moan one's fate.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME mone, man(e) (n.), OE *mān, inferred from its deriv. mǣnan to mourn

Related forms:
moanful, adjective
moan⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
moan⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See groan. 4. grieve. 4, 7. mourn. 7. deplore.
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moan   (mōn)   
n.  

    1. A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.

    2. A similar sound: the eerie moan of the night wind.

  2. Lamentation.

v.   moaned, moan·ing, moans

v.   intr.

    1. To utter a moan or moans.

    2. 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.

v.   tr.

  1. To bewail or bemoan: She moaned her misfortunes to anyone who would listen.

  2. To utter with moans or a moan.


[Middle English mone, from Old English *mān; see mei-no- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

moan 
c.1225, as a noun, "complaint, lamentation," probably related to O.E. mænan "complain, moan," also "tell, intend," from P.Gmc. *main- (but O.E.D. discounts this connection). Meaning "long, low inarticulate murmur from some prolonged pain" is first recorded 1673. The verb is first attested c.1425 as "to complain," 1724 as "to make a low, mournful sound."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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