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Yawning
To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
📖 Definitions of "Yawning"
verb
- 1
To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
"I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them."
- 2
To say while yawning.
- 3
To present a wide opening.
"Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes."
- 4
To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
noun
- 1
The action of the verb yawn.
adjective
- 1
That yawns or yawn.
"yawning commuters"
- 2
Wide open.
"a yawning chasm; the shark's yawning jaws"
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