Groan

Definition

groan / grǝƱn / v ၁။ ~ (at sb/ sth); ~ (with sth) ညည္းသည္။ She groaned with pain. ❍ We all groaned at his terrible jokes. ❍ 'It hurts,' he groaned. ၂။ ႀကိတ္သည့္ျမည္သံ ထြက္သည္။ တကြၽိကြၽိ ျမည္သည္။ The timbers groaned as the ship ploughed on through the stormy sea. ၃။ ~ (about/ over sth) ( derog ) ညည္းညဴသည္။ She's always groaning about how much work she has to do. ❍ Stop moaning and groaning and get on with your work. n ညည္းသံ။ ညည္းညဴသံ။ ကြၽိကြၽိျမည္သံ။ the groans of injured men ❍ give a groan of dismay ❍ ( fig ) The chair gave a distinct groan as he sat down in it. ❏ groan beneath/ under sth [ PHRV ] ( fml ) ခါးစည္း ခံရသည္။ For years the people here have been groaning under the weight of heavy taxes. ❏ groan inwardly [ IDM ] စိတ္ထဲက ညည္းသည္။ She groaned inwardly as she saw the fresh pile of work on her desk. ❏ groan with sth [ PHRV ] ၫြတ္ေနသည္။ tables groaning with food.

Examples

1. The floorboards groaned under the weight of the dancers.
2. ‘Oh no
3. ’ he groaned when he saw who it was.
4. The other people in the queue were moaning and groaning.
5. [groan under/beneath] : The system was groaning under an avalanche of applications.
6. [groan with/under] : The long tables were groaning under the weight of fresh fish.