Main Entry: ²moan

Function: verb

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1 : to bewail audibly : lament
2 : to utter with moansintransitive verb 1 : lament, complain
2 a : to make a moan : groan b : to emit a sound resembling a moan <the wind moaned in the trees>

— moan·er \ˈmō-nər\ noun