groaning
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- Regno Unito//ˈɡɹəʊnɪŋ//
- Stati Uniti//ˈɡɹoʊnɪŋ//
That groans.
aggettivo
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That groans.
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figuratoHeavily laden, as if to creak under the strain.
We sat down to a groaning table and feasted all evening.
Etimologia
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.
sostantivo
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A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.
From the nearby rail yards came clangings, groanings, chuggings.
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Variante di groaning timeobsoletoEllipsis of groaning time (“childbirth, labour”).
verbo
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Anche una forma di groanpresent participle and gerund of groan
Forme
- plurale
- groanings