yawn

Definition of yawn in English English dictionary: To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation; To present an opening that appears able to swallow one up, literally or metaphorically:
Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.; The action of [[#Verb|yawning]]; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired; {v} to gape, to open wide; {n} a gaping; utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance; be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"; to present an opening that appears able to swallow one up, literally or metaphorically; The act of opening wide, or of gaping; 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"; being wide open; A cat's honest opinion openly expressed; A chasm, mouth, or passageway; to open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired; An honest opinion openly expressed; If you yawn, you open your mouth very wide and breathe in more air than usual, often when you are tired or when you are not interested in something. She yawned, and stretched lazily Yawn is also a noun. Rosanna stifled a huge yawn; {i} involuntary deep intake of air from drowsiness or fatigue; To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate; {f} involuntarily open the mouth wide and inhale due to drowsiness or fatigue; If you describe something such as a book or a film as a yawn, you think it is very boring. The debate was a mockery. A big yawn The concert was a predictable yawn. = bore; To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment; consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc; Greek, chaino; German, gahnen; Anglo-Saxon, gan-ian; utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"; To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings; To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything; An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc; The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth; A gap or opening that yawns is large and wide, and often frightening. The gulf between them yawned wider than ever
Technicolor yawn: An act of vomiting
multicolour yawn: vomit
multicolour-yawn: Attributive form of multicolour yawn, noun
yawner: Something unexciting or boring that induces yawning, as a book, sporting event, or performance
The game's over, and the Bills are winners in a 9-6 yawner that saw no touchdowns and sent the nation to bed early.
yawning: Present participle of yawn
yawning: The action of the verb yawn
yawning: {a} gaping, sleepy, slumbering, dull
phone-yawn: (Yeni Sözcükler) The act of taking out a cell phone from one's pocket or purse, resulting in other people in the vicinity taking out and checking their phones as well
As Harriet pulled her cell from her pocket to check for new text messages, her circle of friends phone-yawned, pulling out and checking their phones too. Not Becky; she lost her phone at the club the night before.
make a person yawn: bore someone, cause a person ennui
yawned: Simple past and past participle of to yawn
yawner: A things that induces yawning, especially a boring book, story, or performance
yawner: a person who yawns
yawner: {i} one who yawns; boring show, uninteresting performance (Slang)
yawning: That yawns or yawn
yawning: The action of the verb to yawn
yawning: 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"
yawning: with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness; "a yawning congregation"
yawning: gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something; "the yawning mine shaft"; "a yawning abyss"
yawning: Wide open
yawning: {i} act of open the mouth wide and taking a deep breath (involuntarily - from tiredness or boredom)
yawning: with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness; "a yawning congregation
yawning: showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation"
yawningly: In a yawning manner
yawns: third-person singular of yawn

yawn

Turkish pronunciation

yôn

Synonyms

fatigue catch flies, divide, doze, drowse, expand, gap, gape, give, nap, part, sleep, snooze, spread, yaw, yawp

Pronunciation

/ˈyôn/ /ˈjɔːn/

Etymology

[ yon, yän ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English yenen, yanen, from Old English ginian; akin to Old High German ginEn to yawn, Latin hiare, Greek chainein.