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Definition of 'yawn'Verb
( en-verb)
To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
- I could see my students yawning , so I knew the lesson was boring them.
* Trumbull
- And while above he spends his breath, / The yawning audience nod beneath.
To present a wide opening.
- The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck.
- Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.
* Shakespeare
- 'Tis now the very witching time of night, / When churchyards yawn .
To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
- (Shakespeare)
To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
- to yawn for fat livings
* Landor
- one long, yawning gaze
Noun
( en-noun)
The action of ; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired.
A particularly boring event.
- The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn . I was glad when it finished.
Derived terms
* multicolour yawn
* Technicolor yawn
* yawnfest
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