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noun

Groan n. 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. "Such groans of roaring wind and rain." "The wretched animal heaved forth such groans."

verb

Groan v. t. To affect by groans.

groan v. i. (past & past part. groaned; pres. part. groaning)

To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan. "For we... do groan, being burdened." "He heard the groaning of the oak."

To strive after earnestly, as with groans. "Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so."

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Etymology of 'Groan'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Groan" Quotes from Famous Books

... they began to preach an' pray, they prayed for George, oor King; When up jumps t' chap i' t' bottommost tub. Says he, "Good folks, let's sing." I thowt some sang varra weel, while others did grunt an' groan, Ivery man sang what he wad, so I sang ...

— Yorkshire Dialect Poems • F.W. Moorman

... should greet its abolition with the greatest delight, but, despite this, I again affirm that the negro slave enjoys, under the protection of the law, a better lot than the free fellah of Egypt, or many peasants in Europe, who still groan under the right of soccage. The principal reason of the better lot of the slave, compared to that of the miserable peasant, in the case in point, may perhaps partly be, that the purchase and keep of the one is expensive, while ...

— A Woman's Journey Round the World • Ida Pfeiffer

... came a sudden groan, not only from Fatty, but also from Spouter and Ned Lowe. Then with one ...

— The Rover Boys at Colby Hall - or The Struggles of the Young Cadets • Arthur M. Winfield

... night lay all alone On the ground, to hear the mandrake groan; And plucked him up, though he grew full low, And, as I had ...

— The Folk-lore of Plants • T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

... a groan from the manacled man under the trees; she gave him a rapid glance, shook her head in warning, and, leaning forward, deftly lifted a second white-thighed bee from the hive over which it was scrambling in a ...

— Special Messenger • Robert W. Chambers

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