0 past simple and past participle of moan --
1 to make a long, low sound of pain, suffering, or another strong emotion: --
"Let me die," he moaned.
He moaned with pain before losing consciousness.
2 to make a complaint in an unhappy voice, usually about something that does not seem important to other people: --
After a lot of moaning and groaning, they eventually started work.
[ + (that) ] First she moans (that) she's too hot, and then that she's too cold.
[ + speech ] "I don't like potatoes," he moaned.
Thelma's always moaning (about something), and forgets how lucky she actually is.
He cried and moaned with pain, but he did not give in.
But most of all she moaned about the script.
One sat up and screamed, throwing her arm over her head, while the other, bleeding from the mouth, moaned and moved slightly.
At other times he moaned and groaned and protested against the injustice with which he was being treated.
One of them moaned loudly and the crowd outside mimicked him.
It is splendid that it is to be extended to expansion schemes, because existing businesses have moaned, quite rightly, that they are unable to get tax relief.
Indeed, that was one of the things we all moaned about because there did not seem to be any way of persuading the usual channels to organise a debate.
They have moaned enough about this.
