Moan, v. t. 1. To
bewail audibly; to lament.
Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan
My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
Prior.
2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs.]
Which infinitely moans me.
Beau. & Fl.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.
Sullen moans, hollow groans.
Pope.
2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of
things.
Rippling waters made a pleasant
moan.
Byron.Moan (mōn), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Moaned (mōnd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Moaning.] [AS. mǣnan 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.
Unpitied and unheard, where misery
moans.
Thomson.
Let there bechance him pitiful mischances,
To make him moan.
Shak.
2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of
things inanimate; as, the wind moans.