n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 14th century
1 : to bewail audibly : LAMENT
2 : to utter with moans
intransitive verb
1 : LAMENT , COMPLAIN
2 a : to make a moan : GROAN b : to emit a sound resembling a moan <the wind moan ed in the trees>
– moan · er \ ' m ō -n ə r \ noun