Definition of "groanes" [groanes]

• Plural form of groane. (noun)

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• "Panuccio, yawning and stretching out his limbes, with unusuall groanes and respirations, such as (better) could bee hardly dissembled: seemed to wake as out of a traunce, and calling his friend Adriano, said."
• "At these harsh words, Isabella fell into abundance of teares, where-among she mingled many sighes and groanes, such as were able to overthrow a farre stronger constitution: so that, being full of feare and dismay, yet no way distrusting her brethrens cruell deede; she durst not question any more after him."
• "Frazer quotes an ancient English paper which records the startling fact that when an oak is being felled it gives a kind of shriekes or groanes that may be heard a mile off as if it were the genius of the oak lamenting."