moaning

English

Verb

moaning

  1. present participle and gerund of moan

Noun

moaning (plural moanings)

  1. The utterance of a moan.
    the moanings of the wounded men
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 54:
      But I should turn mine ears and hear
      The moanings of the homeless sea,
      ⁠The sound of streams that swift or slow
      ⁠Draw down Æonian hills, and sow
      The dust of continents to be; […]

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