moan

noun

1. 1

   A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.

   let out a deep moan

   We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain.

2. 2

   obsoleteA lament or sorrow.

   to make one's moan

   it shall be my daily grief and moan, that I am so dull, & do so little[…]But if when all is done that we can do, you will leave us nothing but our tears and moans for self-destroyers, the sin is yours, and the suffering shall be yours.

   to thee therefore oh Lord do I make my moan, to thee I render my humble petition, and pour out my soul which hath sinned against thee: Oh Lord, I beseech thee for thy infinite mercy in Jesus Christ, to take pity upon mee[…]

verb

1. 1

   To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.

   Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].

   1708, Matthew Prior, the Turtle and the Sparrow Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.

2. 2

   To grieve.

3. 3

   To make a moan or similar sound.

   She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex.

   They shared a common dread that he would begin moaning.

4. 4

   To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.

   ‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned.

5. 5

   To complain; to grumble.

6. 6

   obsoleteTo distress (someone); to sadden.

   which infinitely moans me

adjective

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to a moa.

Forms

plural

moans

comparative

more moan

superlative

most moan

past tense

moaned

past participle

moaned

present participle

moaning

third person singular

moans