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moan
What does moan mean?
moan (verb): indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use moan in a sentence?
- What do you have to moan about? (Tatoeba sentence #11970159 by sundown, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce moan?
/moʊn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does moan come from?
From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of moan?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “moan” mean?
notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
Not quite: that's what warn means.
fall or descend to a lower place or level
Not quite: that's what sink means.
indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
Right! That's what “moan” means.
to stop either temporarily or permanently
Not quite: that's what halt means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “moan”?
climb
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rival
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groan
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trace
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