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Webster 1913 Edition

Moan

Moan

(mōn)
,
Verb.
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
.
Shakespeare
2.
To emit a sound like moan; – said of things inanimate;
as, the wind
moans
.

Moan

,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
[OE.
mone
. See
Moan
,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Moan

MOAN

,
Verb.
T.
To lament; to deplore; to bewail with an audible voice.
Ye floods, ye woods,ye echoes, moan
My dear Columbo dead and gone.

MOAN

,
Verb.
I.
To grieve; to make lamentations.
Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans.

MOAN

,
Noun.
Lamentation; audible expression of sorrow; grief expressed in words or cried.
Sullen moans,
Hollow groans.

Definition 2024

möän

möän

See also: moan and Moan

Finnish

Noun

möän

  1. Genitive singular form of mökä.

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