groan
/ˈɡɹoʊ̯n/ verb C2- To make a groan. · We groaned at his awful jokes.· The wooden table groaned under the weight of the banquet.
- To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden.
He/she/it groans · Past groaned · Past participle groaned · -ing form groaning
Verb forms
- Base form
- groan
- He/she/it
- groans
- Past
- groaned
- Past participle
- groaned
- -ing form
- groaning
From the library
“It’s perfectly awful stuff, Marilla,” she groaned.
Don’t be alarmed if you hear me groaning.
I have to groan heartrendingly in one of them, and it’s really hard to get up a good artistic groan, Marilla.
Did I groan all right?”
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