make moan

verb

Definitions

  1. To lament, complain.

    • when, too late awaking, well they kent / That their fayre guest was gone, they both begonne / To make exceeding mone, as they had been undonne.
    • These yellow cowslip cheeks / Are gone, are gone. Lovers, make moan.
  2. To moan, to make a moaning sound.

    • I made a garland for her head, / And bracelets too, and fragrant zone; / She looked at me as she did love, / And made sweet moan.
    • In the bleak mid-winter / Frosty wind made moan, / Earth stood hard as iron, / Water like a stone […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA