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moan       (mōn)  Pronunciation Key 
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.]

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