MOAN
\mˈə͡ʊn], \mˈəʊn], \m_ˈəʊ_n]\
Definitions of MOAN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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To bewail audibly; to lament.
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To afflict; to distress.
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A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.
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To emit a sound like moan; - said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.
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A low mournful or murmuring sound; - of things.
By Oddity Software
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To bewail audibly; to lament.
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To afflict; to distress.
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A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.
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To emit a sound like moan; - said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.
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A low mournful or murmuring sound; - of things.
By Noah Webster.
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To utter a low sound from, or as from, pain or sorrow.
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To utter in a low wail.
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A low, prolonged sound expressing sorrow or pain.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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An expression of pain or sorrow.
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To lament; to deplore.
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To utter a low sound from, or as from, pain or grief.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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