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Traditional English :: groan
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groan.html - v. & n. --v. 1 a intr. make a deep sound expressing pain, grief, or disapproval. b tr. utter with groans.
2 intr. complain inarticulately.
3 intr. (usu. foll. by under, beneath, with) be loaded or oppressed. --n. the sound made in groaning. groan inwardly be distressed. groaner n. groaningly adv. [OE granian f. Gmc, rel. to GRIN] |
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Traditional English :: groan
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groan.html - v. & n. --v. 1 a intr. make a deep sound expressing pain, grief, or disapproval. b tr. utter with groans.
2 intr. complain inarticulately.
3 intr. (usu. foll. by under, beneath, with) be loaded or oppressed. --n. the sound made in groaning. groan inwardly be distressed. groaner n. groaningly adv. [OE granian f. Gmc, rel. to GRIN] |
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Traditional English :: groat
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groan.html - n. hist. 1 a silver coin worth four old pence. 2 archaic a small sum (don't care a groat). [ME f. MDu. groot, orig. = great, i.e. thick (penny): cf. GROSCHEN] |
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Traditional English :: groats
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groan.html - n.pl. hulled or crushed grain, esp. oats. [OE grotan (pl.): cf. grot fragment, greot GRIT, grytt bran] |
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English Idioms :: groove
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groan.html - See: IN THE GROOVE. |
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English Idioms :: gross out
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groan.html - {v.}, {slang} To commit a vulgar act; to repel someone by saying a disgusting or vulgar thing. * /You are going to gross out people if you continue talking like that./ |
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