A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy.
A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight.
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 *grīn...
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That night the table in the outer dining room was just groaning with good things.
To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.
Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, / Or that which groaneth to be so.