2. Verb. (third-person singular of groan) ¹
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Definition of Groans
1. groan [v] - See also: groan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groans
Literary usage of Groans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"... roaring Apollyon made all the time of the fight—he spake like a dragon ; and,
on the other side, what sighs and groans burst from Christian's heart. ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Their groans arose Unceasing, and the stream ran red with blood. Ev'n as a shoal
of fish before a shark Huddle in fear, and crowd some harbourage In to its ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"(Loud cheers, and three groans for the traitors. ... (Three groans for John C.
Calhoun.) It has not been because the Government was unkind or unjust in its ..."