Moan
Moan (mōn) , intransitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon manan to moan, also, to mean; but in the latter sense perh. a different word. Compare Mean to intend.]
1.
To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans.
Let there bechance him pitiful mischances,
To make him moan.
2.
To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.
Moan , transitive verb
1.
To bewail audibly; to lament.
Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan
My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
2.
To afflict; to distress. [Obsolete]
Which infinitely moans me.
Moan , noun
[Old English mone. See Moan, v. i.]
1.
A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.
Sullen moans, hollow groans.
2.
A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.
Rippling waters made a pleasant moan.