intransitive. Of persons or animals: To draw back the lips and display the teeth. generally, or as an indication of pain or †anger; †also to grin wit…

intransitive. To move the body or any part of it; to stir; (in later use) esp. to shrink, wince, twitch. Usually in negative contexts. Now English reg…

figurative. To cry out with pain; to make a noise, to boast, about something. to sing different (cf. 10a).

intransitive. To move, stir, make a slight noise; to start, flinch.

intransitive (formerly also reflexive). To give sign of physical suffering or pain, to suffer, to be ailing. (Now dialect) Cf. complaint, n. 6.

To shrink under pain; to wince.