Moan Definition
mōn
moaned, moaning, moans
noun
moans
A long, low vocal sound as of sorrow or pain or of sexual pleasure.
Webster's New World
A complaint; lamentation.
Webster's New World
Any nonvocal sound like this.
The moan of the wind.
Webster's New World
verb
moaned, moaning, moans
To utter a moan or moans.
Webster's New World
To make a sound resembling a moan.
A saxophone moaned in the background.
American Heritage
To complain, lament, grieve, etc.
Webster's New World
To complain about; bewail.
To moan one's fate.
Webster's New World
To say with a moan.
Webster's New World
Origin of Moan
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From Middle English mone, mane, man, from Old English *mān (“complaint, lamentation”), from Proto-Germanic *mainō. Inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over, grieve, mourn”). More at mean.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English mone from Old English mān mei-no- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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