GROAN, v.i. [L. grunnio; Heb. to cry out, to groan; L. rana, a frog.]
1. To breathe with a deep murmuring sound; to utter a mournful voice, as in pain or sorrow.
For we that are in this tabernacle, do groan, being burdened. 2 Cor 5.
2. To sigh; to be oppressed or afflicted; or to complain of oppression. A nation groans under the weight of taxes.
GROAN, n. A deep mournful sound, uttered in pain, sorrow or anguish.
1. Any low, rumbling sound; as the groans of roaring wind.
