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yawn·ing

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–adjective

1.	being or standing wide open; gaping: the yawning mouth of a cave.

2.	indicating by yawns one's weariness or indifference: The lecturer was oblivious to his yawning audience.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE geniendum. See yawn, -ing²

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—Related forms

yawn·ing·ly, adverb

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yawn Audio Help   (yôn) Pronunciation Key
v.   yawned, yawn·ing, yawns

v.   intr.

To open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom.
To open wide; gape: The chasm yawned at our feet.

v. tr.
To utter wearily, while or as if while yawning: yawned his disapproval of the silly venture.

n.

The act of yawning.
A fatigued or bored response.
Informal One that provokes yawns; a bore: The movie was nothing more than one big yawn.

[Middle English yanen, alteration of yonen, yenen, from Old English geonian.]

yawn'er n.

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yawn·ing Audio Help (yô'nĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj. Gaping open; cavernous: a yawning abyss.

yawn'ing·ly adv.

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yawning
adjective
1.	gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something; "the yawning mine shaft"; "a yawning abyss"
2.	with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness; "a yawning congregation"
3.	showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation" [syn: drowsy]
noun
1.	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 oscitancy" [syn: yawn]

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ˈyawning adjective

wide open
Example: a yawning gap

Arabic:	مُتَثائِب، فاغِر
Chinese (Simplified):	张着大嘴的
Chinese (Traditional):	張著大嘴的
Czech:	zející
Danish:	gabende
Dutch:	gapend
Estonian:	haigutav
Finnish:	ammottava
French:	béant
German:	gähnend
Greek:	διάπλατος
Hungarian:	tátongó
Icelandic:	gapandi
Indonesian:	terbuka lebar
Italian:	spalancato

Japanese:	大きく開いた
Korean:	크게 벌어져 있는
Latvian:	ļoti plats; vaļējs
Lithuanian:	žiojintis
Norwegian:	gapende, vidåpen
Polish:	ziejący
Portuguese (Brazil):	escancarado
Portuguese (Portugal):	escancarado
Romanian:	larg deschis
Russian:	зияющий
Slovak:	roztvorený, rozďavený
Slovenian:	zevajoč
Spanish:	muy abierto
Swedish:	gapande
Turkish:	alabildiğine açık