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Groaning
Definitions
- 1 That groans. not-comparable
- 2 Heavily laden, as if to creak under the strain. figuratively, not-comparable
"We sat down to a groaning table and feasted all evening."
- 1 A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.
"From the nearby rail yards came clangings, groanings, chuggings."
- 2 Ellipsis of groaning time (“childbirth, labour”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, obsolete
- 1 present participle and gerund of groan form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
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.
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.
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.
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