moans

noun

A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.

(obsolete) A lament or sorrow.

verb

(intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound.

(intransitive, colloquial) To complain; to grumble.

(transitive, chiefly UK) To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.

(transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.

(intransitive, now chiefly poetic) To grieve.

(transitive, obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden.

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