Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - groan
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Groan
groan
verb Etymology: Middle English gronen, from Old English granian; akin to Old High German grinan to growl Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to utter a deep moan indicative of pain, grief, or annoyance 2. to make a harsh sound (as of creaking) under sudden or prolonged strain transitive verb to utter or express with ~ing • ~ noun
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v. & n. --v. 1 a intr. make a deep sound expressing pain, grief, or disapproval. b tr. utter with groans. 2 intr. complain inarticulately. 3 intr. (usu. foll. by under, beneath, with) be loaded or oppressed. --n. the sound made in groaning. Phrases and idioms groan inwardly be distressed. Derivatives groaner n. groaningly adv. Etymology: OE granian f. Gmc, rel. to GRIN ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. стон the groans of the wounded —- стоны раненых to give a groan —- издавать (протяжный) стон the groan of the wind —- образ. завывание ветра 2. глухой треск, скрип the groan of the door —- скрип двери 3. гул неодобрения, недовольства (в зале); бормотание, ворчание; жалоба the groans of disapproval —- рокот неодобрения 4. стонать; тяжело вздыхать; охать to groan with pain —- стонать от боли to groan inwardly —- расстраиваться; тяжело переживать, не показывая вида the wounded groan —- раненые стонут the wind groans —- образ. ветер воен 5. выражать недовольство; ворчать; охать 6. томиться, стонать под гнетом (чего-либо), страдать под тяжестью to groan under the yoke of tyranny —- стонать под гнетом тирании 7. ломиться под тяжестью to groan with food —- ломиться от яств the bookshelf groaned with books —- книжная полка ломилась под тяжестью книг 8. со стонами, со вздохами рассказывать he groaned his story —- он то и дело вздыхал, рассказывая свою историю 9. скрипеть под тяжестью the cart is groaning under the load —- повозка скрипит под тяжестью груза 10. издавать глухой звук, треск; скрипеть the timbers of the ship groaned during the storm —- деревянная обшивка корабля скрипела во время шторма the door groans on its hinges —- дверь скрипит на петлях 11. (for) томиться; жадно стремиться, жаждать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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down ворчаньем, оханьем заставить (говорящего) замолчать GROAN inwardly быть расстроенным GROAN 1. noun 1) тяжелый вздох; стон 2) скрип, треск 2. v. 1) стонать; тяжело вздыхать; охать - groan inwardly 2) со стонами высказывать, рассказывать (что-л.; тж. groan out) The dying woman groaned out her last words. 3) издавать треск, скрипеть the table groaned with food - стол ломился от яств - groan down ...Англо-русский словарь
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(groans, groaning, groaned) 1. If you groan, you make a long, low sound because you are in pain, or because you are upset or unhappy about something. Slowly, he opened his eyes. As he did so, he began to groan with pain... They glanced at the man on the floor, who began to groan... She was making small groaning noises. = moan VERB: V with n, V, V-ing • Groan is also a noun. She heard him let out a pitiful, muffled groan... As his ball flew wide, there was a collective groan from the stands. = moan N-COUNT 2. If you groan something, you say it in a low, unhappy voice. ‘My leg–I think it’s broken,’ Eric groaned. VERB: V with quote 3. If you groan about something, you complain about it. His parents were beginning to groan about the price of college tuition. VERB: V about n • Groan is also a noun. Listen sympathetically to your child’s moans and groans about what she can’t do. N-COUNT 4. If wood or something made of wood groans, it makes a loud sound when it moves. The timbers groan and creak and the floorboards shift. VERB: V 5. If you say that something such as a table groans under the weight of food, you are emphasizing that there is a lot of food on it. The bar counter groans under the weight of huge plates of the freshest fish. ...a table groaning with food. VERB: V under/with n, V-ing c darkgreen]emphasis 6. If you say that someone or something is groaning under the weight of something, you think there is too much of that thing. Consumers were groaning under the weight of high interest rates... VERB: usu cont, V under n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 v 1 to make a long deep sound because you are in pain, upset, or disappointed (The kids all groaned when I switched off the TV. | moan and groan (=complain a lot)) (I'm tired of him moaning and groaning all the time.) 2 to make a sound similar to someone groaning (The old tree groaned in the wind.) 3 if a table groans with food there is a very large amount of food on it ~2 n 1 a long deep sound that you make when you are in pain or do not want to do something (Casey let out a groan of protest at having to go to bed.) 2 literary a long low sound like someone groaning (The door opened with a groan.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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