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moan
English
Etymology
From Middle English mone, mane, m?n, (also as mene), from Old English *m?n, *m?n (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-Germanic *main? (“opinion; mind”). Cognate with Old Frisian m?ne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *m?n, *m?n is inferred from Old English m?nan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /mo?n/
- Rhymes: -??n
- Homophone: mown
Noun
moan (plural moans)
- a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
Translations
Verb
moan (third-person singular simple present moans, present participle moaning, simple past and past participle moaned)
- (transitive, now rare) To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. [from 13th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
- Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […].
- 1708, Matthew Prior, the Turtle and the Sparrow
- Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
- (intransitive, now chiefly poetic) To grieve. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden. [15th-17th c.]
- which infinitely moans me
- (intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound. [from 18th c.]
- (transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice. [from 19th c.]
- ‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To complain; to grumble. [from 20th c.]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:complain
Derived terms
- moaner
- moany
Related terms
- bemoan
Translations
See also
- murmur
- protest
- lament
Further reading
- moan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- moan in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Amon, Mano, Mona, NOMA, Noam, Oman, Onam, mano, maon, mona, noma
Breton
Alternative forms
- moen
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *mu?n (“beautiful”) (compare Welsh mwyn (“mild, gentle”)), from Proto-Celtic *moinis (“treasure, precious object”) (compare Irish maoin (“property, riches”)), from Proto-Indo-European *moynis (compare Latin m?nis (“obliging”), Old English m?ne (“common”)), from *mey- (“to change”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mwã?n/
Adjective
moan
- thin, slender
- Synonym: tanav
- Antonym: tev
Mutation
Finnish
Noun
moan
- Genitive singular form of moa.
Anagrams
- Oman, oman
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creak
English
Alternative forms
- crik (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English creken, criken, metathesis of Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krak?n (“to crash, crack, creak”), related to Proto-Germanic *krak?n?, ultimately of imitative origin.
Compare also Old English cr?ccettan, cr?cettan (“to croak”), Albanian grykë (“throat”). More at crack.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kr?k, IPA(key): /k?i?k/
- Homophone: creek
- Rhymes: -i?k
Noun
creak (plural creaks)
- The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
Translations
Verb
creak (third-person singular simple present creaks, present participle creaking, simple past and past participle creaked)
- (intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
- 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert (author), Madame Bovary, Part III, Chapter 10:
- Then when the four ropes were arranged the coffin was placed upon them. He watched it descend; it seemed descending for ever. At last a thud was heard; the ropes creaked as they were drawn up.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw:
- He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.
- 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert (author), Madame Bovary, Part III, Chapter 10:
- (transitive) To produce a creaking sound with.
- a. 1941, Theodore Roethke, "On the Road to Woodlawn", in Open House (1941)
- I miss the polished brass, the powerful black horses,
- The drivers creaking the seats of the baroque hearses
- a. 1941, Theodore Roethke, "On the Road to Woodlawn", in Open House (1941)
- (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer from strain or old age.
- 2002, Stanley Wells, Shakespeare Survey (volume 39, page 205)
- Fascinating though this high-minded re-reading was, certain crucial joints of the play creaked a good deal under the strain.
- 2007, Francis Pryor, Britain in the Middle Ages: An Archaeological History (page 232)
- The whole basis of feudalism, especially in the more intensively farmed champion arable landscapes of the Midlands, was starting to creak.
- 2002, Stanley Wells, Shakespeare Survey (volume 39, page 205)
Derived terms
- creaky
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Acker, Crake, Kacer, acker, crake
creak From the web:
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- crack means
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