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moan

1 verb
     
moan1
1 [intransitive and transitive] informal to complain in an annoying way, especially in an unhappy voice and without good reason:
'I feel seasick already,' she moaned.
moan about
A lot of people moaned about the parking problems.
moan at British English
My mum never stops moaning at me.
moan that
He's always moaning that we use too much electricity.
He moaned and groaned all the way there.
2 [intransitive] to make a long low sound expressing pain, unhappiness, or sexual pleasure [= groan]:
She moaned and cried out in pain.
3 [intransitive] literaryCDN if the wind moans, it makes a long low sound:
They could hear the wind moaning in the trees.
—moaner noun [countable] British English
Dad's a gloomy old moaner.
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