Moan /(mōn)/

imp. & p. p. Moaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Moaning

1. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.

   Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans.

   Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make him moan.

2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans.

1. To bewail audibly; to lament.

   Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone.

2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs.]

   Which infinitely moans me.

1. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.

   Sullen moans, hollow groans.

2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.

   Rippling waters made a pleasant moan.