The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Moan \Moan\ (m[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moaned (m[=o]nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Moaning.] [AS. m[=ae]nan 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.
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Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. --Thomson.
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Let there bechance him pitiful mischances,
To make him moan. --Shak.
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2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate;
as, the wind moans.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "moaning":
bemoaning, bewailing, grieving, howling, in mourning, keening,
lamentation, lamenting, mourning, sigh, sighing, sobbing, sorrow,
sorrowing, soughing, ululation, wailing, whining