moaning


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moan

 (mōn)
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. A complaint: his tiresome moans about his boss.
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 *mān; see mei-no- in Indo-European roots.]
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moaning

[ˈməʊnɪŋ] N
1. (= groans) → gemidos mpl
2. (= complaints) → quejas fpl, protestas fpl
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

moaning

[ˈməʊnɪŋ] n (= groaning) → gémissements mpl
(= complaints) → pleurnicheries fpl
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

moaning

n
→ Stöhnen nt; (of wind) → Seufzen nt; (of trees etc) → Raunen nt (geh)
(= grumbling) → Gestöhn(e) nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

moaning

[ˈməʊnɪŋ] n → gemiti mpl, lamenti mpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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She stood with her bright angry eyes confronting the wide stare, and the set face; and softened no more, when the moaning was repeated, than if the face had been a picture.
Motionless, rigid, staring; moaning in the same dumb way from time to time, with the same helpless motion of the head; but giving no other sign of life.
I lifted up the leaden hand, and held it to my heart; and all the world seemed death and silence, broken only by his mother's moaning.
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There is infinite variety in the gales of wind at sea, and except for the peculiar, terrible, and mysterious moaning that may be heard sometimes passing through the roar of a hurricane - except for that unforgettable sound, as if the soul of the universe had been goaded into a mournful groan - it is, after all, the human voice that stamps the mark of human consciousness upon the character of a gale.
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"Ah, poor Mary," she cried, and tenderly embraced the moaning one.
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Suddenly a low but distinct moaning sound issued from the recesses of the cave behind me, and, as it reached the ears of the Indians, they turned and fled in terror, panic-stricken.
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Pavel made a rasping sound when he breathed, and he kept moaning. We waited.
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As the white man drew closer he could hear a low and continuous moaning and groaning.
From the hospital still proceeded the moaning of the sick.
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The gale through the moaning trees Fitfully rushes.
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As he was wandering about there he came upon a Lion lying down moaning and groaning.
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One resident living in Tranmere said he was woken by the sound of a woman "crying and moaning" in his street in the early hours of yesterday.
Residents fear 'crying woman' is theft scam

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