groaning
AdjektivSubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈɡɹəʊnɪŋ//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈɡɹoʊnɪŋ//
That groans.
Adjektiv
- 1
That groans.
- 2
übertragenHeavily laden, as if to creak under the strain.
We sat down to a groaning table and feasted all evening.
Herkunft
From Middle English gronynge (“groaning”), from Old English grānung; equivalent to groan + -ing. Conflated with Middle English gronende, present participle of gronen, from Old English grāniende, present participle of grānian (“to groan”). Analyzable as groan + -ing.
Substantiv
- 1
A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.
From the nearby rail yards came clangings, groanings, chuggings.
- 2
Variante von groaning timeveraltetEllipsis of groaning time (“childbirth, labour”).
Verb
- 1
Auch eine Form von groanpresent participle and gerund of groan
Formen
- Plural
- groanings