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Definition of moan noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

moan

noun
 
/məʊn/
 
/məʊn/
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  1. [countable] a long deep sound, usually made because you are unhappy or suffering or are experiencing sexual pleasure synonym groan
    • a low moan of despair/anguish
    • He staggered about ten yards and fell down with a moan.
    • a moan of pleasure/pain
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • faint
    • little
    • low
    verb + moan
    • emit
    • give
    • let out
    moan + verb
    • come from somebody/​somebody’s mouth
    • escape somebody/​somebody’s mouth
    preposition
    • with a moan
    • moan of
    phrases
    • the moan of the wind
    See full entry
  2. [countable] (informal) a complaint about something
    • We had a good moan about work.
    • His letters are full of the usual moans and groans.
  3. [singular] (literary) a long deep sound, especially the sound that is made by the wind
    • She lay listening to the moan of the wind in the trees behind the house.
  4. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘complaint ’or‘ lamentation’): of unknown origin.
See moan in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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