Australian English Meaning of yawn

yawn

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Definitions and Meaning of yawn in English

Wordnet

yawn (n)

an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom

Wordnet

yawn (v)

utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired

be wide open

Webster

yawn (v. i.)

To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.

To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.

To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.

To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.

Webster

yawn (n.)

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.

The act of opening wide, or of gaping.

A chasm, mouth, or passageway.

FAQs About the word yawn

yawn

an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom, utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired, b

gasp,huff,snore,snort,snuff,snuffle,wheeze,blow-out,breathe,Inspire

choke,gag,smother,suffocate,suffocate,stifle,Strangle,accelerator,garrotte,garotte

yawl-rigged => yawl-rigged, yawl => Yawl, yawing => yawn, yawed => yawed, yawd => hang around,