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Moan
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- 1 A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
"let out a deep moan"
- 2 an utterance expressing pain or disapproval wordnet
- 3 A lament or sorrow. obsolete
"to make one's moan"
- 1 To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. UK, transitive
"Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […]."
- 2 indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure wordnet
- 3 To grieve. intransitive, poetic
- 4 To make a moan or similar sound. intransitive
"She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex."
- 5 To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice. transitive
"‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned."
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- 6 To complain; to grumble. colloquial, intransitive
- 7 To distress (someone); to sadden. obsolete, transitive
"which infinitely moans me"
Etymology
From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō (“opinion; mind”). Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.
From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō (“opinion; mind”). Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.
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