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.

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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