to moan one's fate

  • 1moan — [mōn] n. [ME mone, prob. < base of OE mænan, to complain: see MEAN1] 1. Archaic a complaint; lamentation 2. a low, mournful sound of sorrow or pain 3. any sound like this [the moan of the wind] vi. 1. to utter …

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  • 2moan — [[t]moʊn[/t]] n. 1) a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from physical or mental suffering 2) any similar sound: the moan of the wind[/ex] 3) a complaint or lamentation 4) to utter moans, as of pain or grief 5) (of the wind, sea, trees,… …

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  • 3moan — moanful, adj. moanfully, adv. moaningly, adv. /mohn/, n. 1. a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering. 2. any similar sound: the moan of the wind. 3. complaint or lamentation. v.i. 4. to utter… …

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  • 4moan — /moʊn / (say mohn) noun 1. a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering. 2. any similar sound: the moan of the wind. 3. Obsolete complaint or lamentation. 4. Colloquial a grumble. –verb (i) 5. to… …

  • 5bemoan — be•moan [[t]bɪˈmoʊn[/t]] v. t. 1) to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one s fate[/ex] 2) to regard with regret or disapproval • Etymology: bef. 1000; re formation of earlierbemene, ME bimenen, OE bimǣnan; see be , moan… …

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  • 6bemoan — bemoaningly, adv. /bi mohn /, v.t. 1. to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one s fate. 2. to regard with regret or disapproval. [bef. 1000; BE + MOAN; r. bemene, ME bimenen, OE bimaenan (bi BE + maenan to moan)] * * * …

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  • 7bemoan — [bē mōn′, bimōn′] vt., vi. [ME bimaenen < OE bemaenan: see BE & MOAN] to moan about or deplore (a loss, grief, etc.); lament [to bemoan one s fate] …

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  • 8Gid Tanner's Skillet Lickers — Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers Die Skillet Lickers um 1926: v.l. Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett (sitzend) und Fate Norris Gründung 1925 Genre …

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  • 9The Skillet Lickers — Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers Die Skillet Lickers um 1926: v.l. Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett (sitzend) und Fate Norris Gründung 1925 Genre …

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  • 10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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