yawning
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Definitions ofyawning
- To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
Example: "I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them."
- To say while yawning.
- To present a wide opening.
Example: "Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes."
- To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
- To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
Example: "to yawn for fat livings"
- The action of the verb yawn.
- That yawns or yawn.
Example: "yawning commuters"
- Wide open.
Example: "a yawning chasm; the shark's yawning jaws"
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