\Moan\ (m[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moaned} (m[=o]nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Moaning}.] [AS. m[=ae]nan to moan, also, to
mean; but in the latter sense perh. a different word. Cf.
{Mean} to intend.]
1. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether
   articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
         Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. --Thomson.
         Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make
         him moan.                             --Shak.
2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate;
   as, the wind moans.

\Moan\, v. t.
1. To bewail audibly; to lament.
         Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear
         Columbo, dead and gone.               --Prior.
2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs.]
         Which infinitely moans me.            --Beau. & Fl.

\Moan\, n. [OE. mone. See {Moan}, v. i.]
1. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of
   pain or of grief; a low groan.
         Sullen moans, hollow groans.          --Pope.
2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.
         Rippling waters made a pleasant moan. --Byron.