moan

noun

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

   “let out a deep moan”

   “We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain.”

2. (obsolete)A lament or sorrow.

   “to make one's moan”

   “it shall be my daily grief and moan, that I am so dull, & do so little[…]But if when all is done that we can do, you will leave us nothing but our tears and moans for self-destroyers, the sin is yours, and the suffering shall be yours.”

   “to thee therefore oh Lord do I make my moan, to thee I render my humble petition, and pour out my soul which hath sinned against thee: Oh Lord, I beseech thee for thy infinite mercy in Jesus Christ, to take pity upon mee[…]”

verb

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

   “Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].”

   “1708, Matthew Prior, the Turtle and the Sparrow Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.”

2. (intransitive, poetic)To grieve.
3. (intransitive)To make a moan or similar sound.

   “She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex.”

   “They shared a common dread that he would begin moaning.”

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

   “‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned.”

5. (colloquial, intransitive)To complain; to grumble.
6. (obsolete, transitive)To distress (someone); to sadden.

   “which infinitely moans me”

adj

1. Of or pertaining to a moa.