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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Moan \Moan\, verb (used with an object)
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Moan \Moan\, noun [OE. mone. See {Moan}, verb (used without an object)]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Moan \Moan\ (m[=o]n), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Moaned} (m[=o]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Moaning}.] [AS. m[=ae]nan 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
moan
noun: an utterance expressing pain or disapproval [syn: {groan}]
verb: indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened" [syn: {groan}, {sough}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "moan": bawl, beef, bemoan, bewail, bitch, complain, complaint, cry, cry out, deplore, dirge, dolorous tirade, elegize, give sorrow words, grievance, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, howl, jeremiad, keen, knell, lament, lamentation, make an outcry, mewl, moaning, mourn, murmur, mutter, outcry, pipe, plaint, planctus, pule, repine, roar, scream, screech, shriek, sigh, sing, sing the blues, snarl, snivel, sob, sorrow, sough, squall, tirade, ululate, ululation, wail, wail of woe, weep, weep over, whimper, whine, whisper, whistle, yawl, yawp, yell, yowl
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