[moan] n [ME mone, fr. (assumed) OE man] (13c) 1: lamentation, complaint
2: a low prolonged sound of pain or of grief
[2]moan vt (14c) 1: to bewail audibly: lament
2: to utter with moans ~ vi 1: lament, complain
2. a: to make a moan: groan b: to emit a sound resembling a moan "the wind ~ed in the trees" -- moan.er n