3 entries under this word

Moan

Mōan, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. MOANED; p. pr. & vb. n. MOANING.] [A-S. mænan, to moan and to mean; O. Eng. menen, id., bemenen, to bemoan, to signify. Cf. MEAN.] 1. To bewail with an audible voice; to lament; to deplore. *Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone.* Prior. 2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs. and rare.] “Which infinitely moans me.” Beau. & Fl.

Mōan, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To make a low, dull sound of grief or pain; to groan softly and continuously; to lament audibly. “Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans.” Thomson.

Mōan, n.

noun

n. 1. Audible expression of sorrow or suffering; grief expressed in words or cries; lamentation.

Sullen moans, Hollow groans. Pope.

Sense 2. A low, dull sound, like that of a person lamenting.

Rippling waters made a pleasant moan. Byron.