Meaning

3 senses

  1. To make a groan.

    We groaned at his awful jokes.

    The wooden table groaned under the weight of the banquet.

    ächzen, stöhnen

    стона́тьstonátʹ

    стогна́тиstohnáty

  2. (figuratively)To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden.

  3. (obsolete)To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.

More definitions
  • indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure

Examples

73 sentences

  1. Tom is groaning.

    Том стогне. — deniko

    deTom stöhnt. — Felixjp

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  2. I could hear people groaning in pain.

    ruЯ слышала, как люди стонут от боли. — Wezel

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  3. I'm tired of hearing you moan and groan.

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  4. We could hear the groans of the injured man.

    ruМы слышали стоны раненого человека. — Lenin_1917

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  5. Tom stifled a groan.

    ruТом подавил стон. — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
to make a groan:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make a groan:

Origin

From Middle English gronen, granen, from Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”),

From Middle English gronen, granen, from Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), from Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, from Proto-Germanic *grainōną (“to howl; weep”), from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to whine; howl; whimper”).

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Forms

groans, groaning, groaned, groaned
Base formgroan · to groan
3rd person singulargroans
Present participlegroaning
Past simplegroaned
Past participlegroaned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygroan
he, she, itgroans

Past simpleLesson

all personsgroaned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave groaned
he, she, ithas groaned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill groan

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure:moan

Word family

9 related words
Relatedgroaner
Derivedagroanbegroangroanfulgroanlessgroansomegroan tubegroanworthygroany

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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