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verb | noun moanmoan1 /moʊn/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEmoan |
Present | I, you, we, they | moan | | he, she, it | moans | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | moaned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have moaned | | he, she, it | has moaned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had moaned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will moan | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have moaned |
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Present | I | am moaning | | he, she, it | is moaning | | you, we, they | are moaning | Past | I, he, she, it | was moaning | | you, we, they | were moaning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been moaning | | he, she, it | has been moaning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been moaning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be moaning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been moaning |
► moan and groan It’s easy to moan and groan about salaries. 1to make a long low sound expressing pain, unhappiness, or sexual pleasure: I lay in bed, moaning in pain.2to complain in an annoying way, especially in an unhappy voice: “But, Mom, there’s nothing to do here,” moaned Josh. It’s easy to moan and groan about salaries.3literary if the wind moans, it makes a long low sound—moaner noun [countable] verb | noun moanmoan2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYmoan2Origin: 1100-1200 From an unrecorded Old English man ► gave a ... moan He gave a terrible moan of pain. 1a long low sound expressing pain, unhappiness, or sexual pleasure: He gave a terrible moan of pain. The announcement drew moans from the audience.2literary a low sound made by the wind |