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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an utterance expressing pain or disapproval;
[syn: groan, moan]


VERB (1)

1. indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure;
- Example: "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"
- Example: "The ancient door soughed when opened"
[syn: groan, moan]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moan \Moan\, v. t. 1. To bewail audibly; to lament. [1913 Webster] Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Which infinitely moans me. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moan \Moan\ (m[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moaned (m[=o]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Moaning.] [AS. m[=ae]nan to moan, also, to mean; but in the latter sense perh. a different word. Cf. Mean to intend.] 1. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously. [1913 Webster] Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make him moan. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moan \Moan\, n. [OE. mone. See Moan, v. i.] 1. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan. [1913 Webster] Sullen moans, hollow groans. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things. [1913 Webster] Rippling waters made a pleasant moan. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

moan n 1: an utterance expressing pain or disapproval [syn: groan, moan] v 1: indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened" [syn: groan, moan]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

67 Moby Thesaurus words for "moan": bawl, beef, bemoan, bewail, bitch, complain, complaint, cry, cry out, deplore, dirge, dolorous tirade, elegize, give sorrow words, grievance, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, howl, jeremiad, keen, knell, lament, lamentation, make an outcry, mewl, moaning, mourn, murmur, mutter, outcry, pipe, plaint, planctus, pule, repine, roar, scream, screech, shriek, sigh, sing, sing the blues, snarl, snivel, sob, sorrow, sough, squall, tirade, ululate, ululation, wail, wail of woe, weep, weep over, whimper, whine, whisper, whistle, yawl, yawp, yell, yowl