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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an utterance expressing pain or disapproval;
[syn: groan, moan]


VERB (1)

1. indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure;
- Example: "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"
- Example: "The ancient door soughed when opened"
[syn: groan, moan]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moan \Moan\, v. t. 1. To bewail audibly; to lament. [1913 Webster] Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Which infinitely moans me. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make him moan. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moan \Moan\, n. [OE. mone. See Moan, v. i.] 1. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan. [1913 Webster] Sullen moans, hollow groans. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things. [1913 Webster] Rippling waters made a pleasant moan. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

moan n 1: an utterance expressing pain or disapproval [syn: groan, moan] v 1: indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened" [syn: groan, moan]