Definition of "groaning" in English

adjective

1. That groans.

2. (figuratively) Heavily laden, as if to creak under the strain.

   • We sat down to a groaning table and feasted all evening.

noun

1. A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.

2. (obsolete) Ellipsis of groaning time (“childbirth, labour”).

verb

1. present participle and gerund of groan