intransitive. gen. To give forth a reverberating or a mournful sound. Usually transferred or figurative from a.

intransitive. figurative. To make a plaintive or mournful sound; = complain, v. 9. Now rare and poetic.

intransitive. To make a low inarticulate sound indicative of grief, pain, hunger, etc.; to moan. Of an animal, bird, etc.: to make a similar sound…

attributed to inanimate objects.

transferred and figurative. To emit a mournful sound.

intransitive. In extended use: (esp. of wind, water, etc.) to make a long, low, plaintive sound.

intransitive. To utter a dirge.