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To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan. For we . . . do groan, being burdened. 2 Cor. v. 4. He heard the groaning of the oak. Sir W. Scott.

Agonizing; sad. [Obs.] Spenser.

To groan beneath. [Obs.] Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. Chapman.

wer or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach. What numbers groan for sad admission there! Young.

n, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water. Shak. Burning with high hope. Byron. The groan still deepens, and the combat burns. Pope. The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Milton.

Gay or rich clothing. My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. Smollett.

To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity. Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight Of age, disease, or want, commiserate. Denham. We should commiserate our mutual ignorance. Locke.

horred deep to utter woe. Milton. To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike to groan. Gray. And they shall condemn him to death. Matt. xx. 18. The thief condemned, in law already dead. Pope. No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn. Goldsmith.

some original work of art or of the imagination; nature. We know that the whole creation groaneth. Rom. viii. 22. A dagger of the mind, a false creation. Shak. Choice pictures and creations of curious art. Beaconsfield.

In a manner to occasion death; mortally. The groanings of a deadly wounded man. Ezek. xxx. 24.

Deeply fetched or drawn. [Obs.] "Deep-fet groans." Shak.

degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. Milton. Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. Milton.

inhalation; to heave. "Where I first drew air." Milton. Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. Dryden.

The last emission of breath; death. "The groan of expiration." Rambler.

Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.

See Groan. [Obs.]

See Groan. [Obs.]

obs. imp. of Groan. Chaucer.

To murmur; to grumble. [Obs.] What aileth you, thus for grucche and groan. Chaucer.

To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound. Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life. Shak. Grunting ox (Zoöl.), the yak.