n. [ OE. mone. See Moan, v. i. ] 1. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sullen moans, hollow groans. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rippling waters made a pleasant moan. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To bewail audibly; to lament. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan
My dear Columbo, dead and gone. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To afflict; to distress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which infinitely moans me. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Moaned p. pr. & vb. n. Moaning. ] [ AS. m&aemacr_;nan 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let there bechance him pitiful mischances,
To make him moan. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of moaning; expressing sorrow. -- Moan"ful*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]