moan

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain.
2. n. A similar sound: the eerie moan of the night wind.
3. n. Lamentation.
4. v. To utter a moan or moans.
5. v. To make a sound resembling a moan: A saxophone moaned in the background.
6. v. To complain, lament, or grieve: an old man who still moans about his misspent youth.
7. v. To bewail or bemoan: She moaned her misfortunes to anyone who would listen.
8. v. To utter with moans or a moan.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To utter a low dull sound expressive of physical or mental suffering; lament inarticulately or with mournful utterance.
2. To give forth a saddening or gloomy sound, like one in distress; sound like a low cry of distress.
3. To murmur; complain; protest.
4. To lament; deplore; bewail.
5. To cause to make lamentation; afflict; distress: as, “which infinitely moans me,”
6. n. A low dull sound expressing grief or pain; a sound of lamentation not so deep as a groan; audible expression of sorrow; grief expressed in words or cries.
7. n. A low dull sound resembling that made by a person moaning.
8. n. Lament: lamentation; complaint: especially in the phrase to make one's moan.
9. Moa-like; of or pertaining to a moa.

Wiktionary

1. n. a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
2. v. to make a moan or similar sound
3. v. to complain

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
2. v. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate.
3. v. To bewail audibly; to lament.
4. v. obsolete To afflict; to distress.
5. n. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.
6. n. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
2. v. indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure