MOAN

(SOUND) [verb], [noun] - (to make) a long low sound of pain, suffering or other strong emotionHe moaned with pain before losing consciousness. [I]Moaning in grief at the death of her husband she could not be consoled. [I]"Let me die," he moaned. [+ speech]We could hear moans from someone trapped under the rubble. [C]Their moans of ecstasy could be heard in the corridor. [C]