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moan definition

moan (mōn)

noun

  1. Archaic a complaint; lamentation
  2. a low, mournful sound of sorrow or pain
  3. any sound like this the moan of the wind

Etymology: ME mone, prob. < base of OE mænan, to complain: see mean

intransitive verb

  1. to utter a moan or moans
  2. to complain, lament, grieve, etc.

transitive verb

  1. to say with a moan
  2. to complain about; bewail to moan one's fate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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