"groan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡɹəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɹoʊn/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-groan.ogg [General-American] Forms: groans [plural]
enPR: ʹgrōn Rhymes: -əʊn Etymology: 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”). Cognate with Dutch grijnen, grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”), German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”), German greinen (“to whine; whimper”), Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”). The noun is from Middle English gron, grone, from the verb. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gronen}} Middle English gronen, {{m|enm|granen}} granen, {{inh|en|ang|grānian|t=to groan; lament; murmur}} Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*grainōn}} Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*grainōną|t=to howl; weep}} Proto-Germanic *grainōną (“to howl; weep”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*grīnaną|t=to whine; howl; whimper}} Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to whine; howl; whimper”), {{cog|nl|grijnen}} Dutch grijnen, {{m|nl|grienen|t=to cry; sob; blubber}} grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”), {{cog|nds-de|grienen|t=to whimper; mewl}} German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”), {{cog|de|greinen|t=to whine; whimper}} German greinen (“to whine; whimper”), {{cog|sv|grina|t=to howl; weep; laugh}} Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”), {{inh|en|enm|gron}} Middle English gron, {{m|enm|grone}} grone Head templates: {{en-noun}} groan (plural groans)
  1. A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief. Categories (topical): Sounds, Vocalizations Translations (low mournful uttered sound): στεναγμός (stenagmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), inilti (Azerbaijani), zarıltı (Azerbaijani), пъшкане (pǎškane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), охкане (ohkane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), стон (ston) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gemec [masculine] (Catalan), ĝemo (Esperanto), urina (Finnish), râle [masculine] (French), râlement [masculine] (French), gémissement (French), laio [masculine] (Galician), alaio [masculine] (Galician), Stöhnen [neuter] (German), ochlán [masculine] (Irish), 呻き (umeki) (alt: うめき) (Japanese), 呻き声 (umekigoe) (alt: うめきごえ) (Japanese), jemidu (Kabuverdianu), ngū (Maori), jęk (Polish), gemido [masculine] (Portuguese), стон (ston) [masculine] (Russian), gemido (Spanish), quejido [masculine] (Spanish), stön [neuter] (Swedish), сто́гін (stóhin) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-groan-en-noun-gs6EFuIK Disambiguation of Sounds: 26 26 20 7 13 8 Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 35 24 13 4 9 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 21 5 2 5 27 Disambiguation of 'low mournful uttered sound': 55 31 14
  2. A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval): стон (ston) [masculine] (Bulgarian), тежка въздишка (težka vǎzdiška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sospir [masculine] (Catalan), rondineig [masculine] (Catalan), urina (Finnish), grognement [masculine] (French), grondement [masculine] (French), gémissement [masculine] (French), Seufzen [neuter] (German), Ächzen [neuter] (German), suspiro [masculine] (Portuguese), gruñido (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-groan-en-noun-n8lnQGgK Disambiguation of Sounds: 26 26 20 7 13 8 Disambiguation of 'low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval': 30 61 9
  3. (of an object) A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight): cruixit [masculine] (Catalan), Knarren [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-groan-en-noun-yVyCHGn8 Disambiguation of Sounds: 26 26 20 7 13 8 Disambiguation of 'low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight': 6 5 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: groane [obsolete], grane, grain, graen [Scotland]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɡɹəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɹoʊn/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-groan.ogg [General-American] Forms: groans [present, singular, third-person], groaning [participle, present], groaned [participle, past], groaned [past]
enPR: ʹgrōn Rhymes: -əʊn Etymology: 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”). Cognate with Dutch grijnen, grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”), German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”), German greinen (“to whine; whimper”), Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”). The noun is from Middle English gron, grone, from the verb. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gronen}} Middle English gronen, {{m|enm|granen}} granen, {{inh|en|ang|grānian|t=to groan; lament; murmur}} Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*grainōn}} Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*grainōną|t=to howl; weep}} Proto-Germanic *grainōną (“to howl; weep”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*grīnaną|t=to whine; howl; whimper}} Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to whine; howl; whimper”), {{cog|nl|grijnen}} Dutch grijnen, {{m|nl|grienen|t=to cry; sob; blubber}} grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”), {{cog|nds-de|grienen|t=to whimper; mewl}} German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”), {{cog|de|greinen|t=to whine; whimper}} German greinen (“to whine; whimper”), {{cog|sv|grina|t=to howl; weep; laugh}} Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”), {{inh|en|enm|gron}} Middle English gron, {{m|enm|grone}} grone Head templates: {{en-verb}} groan (third-person singular simple present groans, present participle groaning, simple past and past participle groaned)
  1. To make a groan. Translations (to make a groan): στενάζω (stenázō) (Ancient Greek), dzem (Aromanian), shcljimur (Aromanian), bidoing (Bau Bidayuh), е́нчыць (jénčycʹ) (Belarusian), пъшкам (pǎškam) (Bulgarian), охкам (ohkam) (Bulgarian), стена (stena) (Bulgarian), gemegar (Catalan), ناڵاندن (nallandin) (Central Kurdish), 呻吟 (shēnyín) (Chinese Mandarin), sténat (Czech), stønne (Danish), zuchten (Dutch), ĝemi (Esperanto), urista (Finnish), râler (French), gronder (French), grogner (French), gémir (French), gemi (Friulian), laiar (Galician), xemer (Galician), xumiar (Galician), impar (Galician), lanxir (Galician), cuincar (Galician), arquexar (Galician), aruixar (Galician), ächzen (German), stöhnen (German), nyög (Hungarian), gemere (Italian), 呻く (umeku) (alt: うめく) (Japanese), gemō (Latin), ʔagəq (Lushootseed), ngū (Maori), wheo (Maori), wheowheo (Maori), hāware (Maori), aurere (Maori), honner (Norman), stønne (Norwegian), gemegar (Occitan), نالیدن (nâlidan) (Persian), jęczeć (Polish), gemer (Portuguese), geme (Romanian), стона́ть (stonátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), tunchiare (Sardinian), stenjati (Serbo-Croatian), gemir (Spanish), gruñir (Spanish), stöna (Swedish), kvida (Swedish), jämra (Swedish), стогна́ти (stohnáty) (Ukrainian), rên (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-groan-en-verb-x4r-GFAJ Disambiguation of 'to make a groan': 100 0 0
  2. (figurative) To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Sounds
    Sense id: en-groan-en-verb-qN1F7BzL Disambiguation of Sounds: 26 26 20 7 13 8
  3. (obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-groan-en-verb-IfgFG9WN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: groane [obsolete], grane, grain, graen [Scotland] Derived forms: groaner

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          "alt": "うめき",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "word": "呻き"
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          "alt": "うめきごえ",
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          "word": "呻き声"
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          "word": "стон"
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          "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stóhin",
          "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
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          "word": "сто́гін"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "težka vǎzdiška",
          "sense": "low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тежка въздишка"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sospir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 61 9",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rondineig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 61 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval",
          "word": "urina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 61 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "grognement"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 61 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gémissement"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Seufzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 61 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Ächzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 61 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suspiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "30 61 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "low guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval",
          "word": "gruñido"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "26 26 20 7 13 8",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sounds",
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            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight."
      ],
      "id": "en-groan-en-noun-yVyCHGn8",
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          "object",
          "object#Noun"
        ],
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          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "creak",
          "creak"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "applied",
          "applied"
        ],
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an object) A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an object"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 89",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cruixit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 89",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Knarren"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɡɹəʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹoʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "grown"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-groan.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-us-groan.ogg/En-us-groan.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-us-groan.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ʹgrōn"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "groane"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "grane"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "grain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "graen"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "groaner"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "granen"
      },
      "expansion": "granen",
      "name": "m"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*grainōną",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *grainōną (“to howl; weep”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "grijnen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch grijnen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "grienen",
        "t": "to cry; sob; blubber"
      },
      "expansion": "grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "grienen",
        "t": "to whimper; mewl"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "greinen",
        "t": "to whine; whimper"
      },
      "expansion": "German greinen (“to whine; whimper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "grina",
        "t": "to howl; weep; laugh"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "gron"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English gron",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "grone"
      },
      "expansion": "grone",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).\nCognate with Dutch grijnen, grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”), German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”), German greinen (“to whine; whimper”), Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”).\nThe noun is from Middle English gron, grone, from the verb.",
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      "form": "groans",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "groaning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "groaned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "groaned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We groaned at his awful jokes.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The wooden table groaned under the weight of the banquet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 54",
          "text": "Designed to accommodate 60,000 people per day in the 1960s, the main concourse, entrances and passageways around the station were by then positively groaning under the weight of more than 140,000 passengers every 24 hours.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To make a groan."
      ],
      "id": "en-groan-en-verb-x4r-GFAJ",
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        [
          "groan",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "dzem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "shcljimur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sne",
          "lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "bidoing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "jénčycʹ",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "е́нчыць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pǎškam",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "пъшкам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ohkam",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "охкам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "stena",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "стена"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "gemegar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shēnyín",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "呻吟"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "sténat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "stønne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "zuchten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "ĝemi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "urista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "râler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "gronder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "grogner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "gémir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "gemi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "laiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "xemer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "xumiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "impar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "lanxir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "cuincar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "arquexar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "aruixar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "ächzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "stöhnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "stenázō",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "στενάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "nyög"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "gemere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "alt": "うめく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "umeku",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "呻く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "nallandin",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "ناڵاندن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "gemō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "lut",
          "lang": "Lushootseed",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "ʔagəq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "ngū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "wheo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "wheowheo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "hāware"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "aurere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "honner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "stønne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "gemegar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nâlidan",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "نالیدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "jęczeć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "gemer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "geme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stonátʹ",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стона́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "tunchiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "stenjati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "gemir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "gruñir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "stöna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "kvida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "jämra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stohnáty",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "стогна́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to make a groan",
          "word": "rên"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "26 26 20 7 13 8",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sounds",
          "orig": "en:Sounds",
          "parents": [
            "Sound",
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 14, column 1",
          "text": "That night the table in the outer dining room was just groaning with good things.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden."
      ],
      "id": "en-groan-en-verb-qN1F7BzL",
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        [
          "creak",
          "creak"
        ],
        [
          "strain",
          "strain"
        ],
        [
          "heavily",
          "heavily"
        ],
        [
          "laden",
          "laden"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To strive after earnestly, as if with groans."
      ],
      "id": "en-groan-en-verb-IfgFG9WN",
      "links": [
        [
          "strive",
          "strive"
        ],
        [
          "earnestly",
          "earnestly"
        ],
        [
          "groan",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹəʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹoʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "grown"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-groan.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-us-groan.ogg/En-us-groan.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-us-groan.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ʹgrōn"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "groane"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "grane"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "grain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "graen"
    }
  ],
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ɡɹoʊn/",
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      "homophone": "grown"
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      "rhymes": "-əʊn"
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      "word": "grain"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "word": "inilti"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "word": "zarıltı"
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      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пъшкане"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "охкане"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ston",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стон"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "gemec"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "word": "ĝemo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "word": "urina"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "râle"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "râlement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "word": "gémissement"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "laio"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "alaio"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Stöhnen"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "στεναγμός"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ochlán"
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      "alt": "うめき",
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      "word": "呻き"
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      "word": "呻き声"
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      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
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      "word": "jemidu"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "word": "ngū"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "word": "jęk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gemido"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "стон"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "low mournful uttered sound",
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      "word": "quejido"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "word": "сто́гін"
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      "word": "тежка въздишка"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "sospir"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "grognement"
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      "word": "Seufzen"
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      "word": "cruixit"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      "expansion": "grone",
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          "text": "We groaned at his awful jokes.",
          "type": "example"
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          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 54",
          "text": "Designed to accommodate 60,000 people per day in the 1960s, the main concourse, entrances and passageways around the station were by then positively groaning under the weight of more than 140,000 passengers every 24 hours.",
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          "ref": "1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 14, column 1",
          "text": "That night the table in the outer dining room was just groaning with good things.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "creak",
          "creak"
        ],
        [
          "strain",
          "strain"
        ],
        [
          "heavily",
          "heavily"
        ],
        [
          "laden",
          "laden"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strive after earnestly, as if with groans."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strive",
          "strive"
        ],
        [
          "earnestly",
          "earnestly"
        ],
        [
          "groan",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹəʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɹoʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "grown"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-groan.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-us-groan.ogg/En-us-groan.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-us-groan.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ʹgrōn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "groane"
    },
    {
      "word": "grane"
    },
    {
      "word": "grain"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "graen"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "dzem"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "shcljimur"
    },
    {
      "code": "sne",
      "lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "bidoing"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "jénčycʹ",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "е́нчыць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎškam",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "пъшкам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ohkam",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "охкам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stena",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "стена"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "gemegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēnyín",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "呻吟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "sténat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "stønne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "zuchten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "ĝemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "urista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "râler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "gronder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "grogner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "gémir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "gemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "laiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "xemer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "xumiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "impar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "lanxir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "cuincar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "arquexar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "aruixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "ächzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "stöhnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "stenázō",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "στενάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "nyög"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "gemere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うめく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "umeku",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "呻く"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "nallandin",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "ناڵاندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "gemō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "ʔagəq"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "ngū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "wheo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "wheowheo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "hāware"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "aurere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "honner"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "stønne"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "gemegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâlidan",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "نالیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "jęczeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "gemer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "geme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stonátʹ",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стона́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "tunchiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "stenjati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "gemir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "gruñir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "stöna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "kvida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "jämra"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stohnáty",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "стогна́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make a groan",
      "word": "rên"
    }
  ],
  "word": "groan"
}

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