meaning of yawn
1. To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
2. To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
3. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
4. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.
5. An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc. , consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc. , being wide open.
6. The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
7. A chasm, mouth, or passageway.
8. an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his
">ostinancy"
Related Words
yawn | yawned | yawner | yawning | yawningly |
