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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

... here relate a vision I had. One cold night in March, 1889, I heard a groan across the hall. It was about three o'clock in the morning. I found the sufferer to be an old gentleman who was having very severe cramps, so I went down to the kitchen to make a mustard plaster. The ...

— The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation • Carry A. Nation

... shall I say? I rushed out. My wife followed me, asking me what was the matter. I could only answer with groans—for three days and three nights I did little else than groan. Oh the kindness and solicitude of my wife! "What is the matter husband, dear husband?" she was continually saying. I became at last more calm. My wife still persisted in asking me the cause of my late paroxysm. It is hard to keep a secret from a wife, especially such a wife ...

— Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest • George Borrow

... one stricken. Finally, turning to her toilet, she rested her face in her hands, and gave a sort of groan. ...

— Uncle Tom's Cabin • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... great groan from the bed, to which by now they had moved him from the chair, and then Ailesbury's name spoken in a very broken voice. (My own heart beat so loud when I heard that, that I could ...

— Oddsfish! • Robert Hugh Benson

... an exclamation of "What the deuce is to do now?" and a clattering tumble, arrested my attention. Man and horse were down; they had slipped on the sheet of ice which glazed the causeway. The dog came bounding back, and seeing his master in a predicament, and hearing the horse groan, barked till the evening hills echoed the sound, which was deep in proportion to his magnitude. He snuffed round the prostrate group, and then he ran up to me; it was all he could do,—there was no other help at hand to summon. I obeyed him, and walked down to the traveller, by this time ...

— Jane Eyre - an Autobiography • Charlotte Bronte

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