GROAN
\ɡɹˈə͡ʊn], \ɡɹˈəʊn], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈəʊ_n]\
Definitions of GROAN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan.
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To strive after earnestly, as with groans.
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To affect by groans.
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A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans.
By Oddity Software
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To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan.
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To strive after earnestly, as with groans.
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To affect by groans.
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A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans.
By Noah Webster.
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A low, deep sound uttered in pain or sorrow, or expressive of disapprobation or ridicule; a low, dismal sound, as of the wind.
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To utter a deep sound of pain or sorrow; to creak; as, the door groaned on its hinges; lament; as, the very winds seem to groan.
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To express by low, moaning sounds; as, he groaned out his wish.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To utter a moaning sound in distress: (fig.) to be afflicted.
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A deep moaning sound as of distress: a sound of disapprobation.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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