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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

To affect by groans.

Noun.

A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation;

as, the remark was received with

groans

Such

groans

of roaring wind and rain.

Shakespeare

The wretched animal heaved forth such

groans

Shakespeare

Verb.

[L. grunnio; Heb. to cry out, to groan; L. rana, a frog.]

To breathe with a deep murmuring sound; to utter a mournful voice, as in pain or sorrow.

For we that are in this tabernacle, do groan, being burdened. 2 Cor.5.

To sigh; to be oppressed or afflicted; or to complain of oppression. A nation groans under the weight of taxes.

Noun.

A deep mournful sound, uttered in pain, sorrow or anguish.

Any low, rumbling sound; as the groans of roaring wind.