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yawn (jɔːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to open the mouth wide and take in air deeply, often as in involuntary reaction to tiredness, sleepiness, or boredom |
| 2. | (tr) to express or utter while yawning |
| 3. | (intr) to be open wide as if threatening to engulf (someone or something): the mine shaft yawned below |
| —n | |
| 4. | the act or an instance of yawning |
| [Old English gionian; related to Old Saxon ginōn, Old High German ginēn to yawn, Old Norse gjā gap] | |
| 'yawner | |
| —n | |
| 'yawning | |
| —adj | |
| 'yawningly | |
| —adv | |
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