bemoan

«bemoan» in Mova's school dictionary: to complain sadly about it, or to cry and grieve over it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (bemoans, bemoaned, bemoaning); formal or old use

meaning for a pupil

To bemoan something is to complain sadly about it, or to cry and grieve over it. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, sad characters cry and wail over their bad luck or their loss; a grander word than «moan»

examples

• The birds of the air came and bemoaned Snow-White. tree →
• The poor woman bemoaned her lost home. tree →
• They sat and bemoaned their fate. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Or who shall bemoan thee?

Trees and pragmatics

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