Crossword-Solution: MOAN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Moan | v. i. | To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously. |
| Moan | v. i. | To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate; as, the wind moans. |
| Moan | v. t. | To bewail audibly; to lament. |
| Moan | v. t. | To afflict; to distress. |
| Moan | v. i. | A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan. |
| Moan | v. i. | A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| MOAN | anagram | AMNO, AMON, ANOM, MANO, MAON, MONA, NAMO, NOAM, NOMA, OMAN, ONAM |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAEA
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with MOAN (5)
Bathsheba’s head sank upon her bosom, and the breath which had been bated in suspense, curiosity, and interest, was exhaled now in the form of a whispered wail: “Oh-h-h!” she said, and the silent room added length to her moan.
But for my daughters twain, poor innocent maids, Who ever sat beside me at the board Sharing my viands, drinking of my cup, For them, I pray thee, care, and, if thou willst, O might I feel their touch and make my moan.
The jailer, after ushering him into the room, remained a moment, marvelling at the comparative quiet that followed his entrance; for Hester Prynne had immediately become as still as death, although the child continued to moan.
Then, as he wended his way by swamp and stream and awful woodland, to the farmhouse where he happened to be quartered, every sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination,--the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside, the boding cry of the tree toad, that harbinger of storm, the dreary hooting of the screech owl, or the sudden rustling in the thicket of birds frightened from their roost.
Everything around her was so still: only from far, very far away, there came like a long, soft moan, the sound of the distant sea.
Quotes with MOAN (3)
Like This If anyone asks youhow the perfect satisfactionof all our sexual wantingwill look, lift your faceand say, Like this. When someone mentions the gracefulnessof the nightsky, climb up on the roofand dance and say, Like this. If anyone wants to know what "spirit" is, or what "God’s fragrance" means, lean your head toward him or her. Keep your face there close. Like this. When someone quotes the old poetic imageabout clouds gradually uncovering the moon, slowly loosen kno…
I recall certain moments, let us call them icebergs in paradise, when after having had my fill of her — after fabulous, insane exertions that left me limp and azure-barred — I would gather her in my arms with, at last, a mute moan of human tenderness (her skin glistening in the neon light coming from the paved court through the slits in the blind, her soot-black lashes matted, her grave gray eyes more vacant than ever — for all the world a little patient still in the confusio…
And I mean to hear ye groan like that again. And to moan and sob, even though you dinna wish to, for ye canna help it. I mean to make you sigh as though your heart would break, and scream with the wanting, and at last to cry out in my arms, and I shall know that I've served ye well.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, The Atlantic, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 454 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).