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moaning

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

[Middle English mone, from Old English *mn; see mei-no- in Indo-European roots.]
Translations
Spanish moaning [ˈməunɪŋ] ngemidos mpl; quejas fpl
French moaning [ˈməunɪŋ] ngémissements mpl
Italian moaning [ˈməunɪŋ] ngemiti mpl

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Suddenly one starts and trembles as one seems to see a strange-looking being peering from out of the darkness of a hollow tree, while all the while the wind is moaning and rattling and howling through the forest--moaning with a hungry sound as it strips the leaves from the bare boughs, and whirls them into the air.
As he was wandering about there he came upon a Lion lying down moaning and groaning.
The gale through the moaning trees Fitfully rushes.
 
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