| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
