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. Thomson. Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make him moan. Shak.
To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.
To bewail audibly; to lament. Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone. Prior.
To afflict; to distress. [Obs.] Which infinitely moans me. Beau. & Fl.
A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan. Sullen moans, hollow groans. Pope.
A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things. Rippling waters made a pleasant moan. Byron.
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