moan

«moan» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To make a long low sound because of pain or sadness — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (moan, moans, moaned, moaning); noun (a moan, moans)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make a long low sound because of pain or sadness. tree →

2) (informal, especially UK, Australia) To complain in an annoying way about small things: Stop moaning about your homework! tree →

3) Noun: a low sound of pain, or the wind's low sound. tree →

4) Noun (informal): a complaint: to have a moan. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: This is a printing mistake for "mean" in the sentence about the world of letters. It is only a misprint, so the tradition reads nothing special into it. In the primary lessons: In stories a moan tells you a character is hurt, sad or scared, or that the wind howls in a spooky house. In everyday UK talk «Stop moaning» means «Stop complaining». A «moaner» or «whinger» complains a lot.

examples

• The world which Abraham and his teacher Shem were able to form after three years of study of the Sefer Yetzirah may lie understood to moan the world of letters. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me? (Writings PSA.42.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan; (Writings PSA.55.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, (Writings PRO.5.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• The injured player moaned in pain. tree →
• The wind moaned through the trees. tree →
• Stop moaning — it's only one page of homework! tree →
• Dad likes a good moan about the traffic. tree →
• We heard a low moan from the cellar. tree →
• She moaned that the bus was late again. tree →
• My brother moans whenever it's his turn to wash up. tree →

note

Homophone: mown (cut grass). Close words: groan (similar sound), whine, whinge (UK/Australia), complain. «Moan» about complaining is informal.

In the corpora

• Wherefore my heart moaneth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.
• My heart moaneth within me!
• Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me?
• Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me?
• Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «moan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.