moan

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /məʊn/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /moʊn/

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• Homophone: mown

Verb

Plain form moan

Third-person singular moans

Past tense moaned

Past participle moaned

Present participle moaning

1. When you moan, you complain about something to another person.

   I moaned at the unfair treatment given to me by the teacher.

Related words

• complain