yawning (verb)

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• yawning — 1. noun The action of the verb yawn. 2. adjective a) That yawns or yawn. yawning commuters b) Wide open. a yawning chasm …   Wiktionary

• chasm — noun 1 hole in the ground ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, gaping, great, huge, vast, yawning CHASM + VERB ▪ open, open up …   Collocations dictionary

• WIDE — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index wide noun width adjective broad (3), widespread, yawning verb broaden, spread, yawn narrow …   English dictionary for students

• yawn — verb 1》 involuntarily open one s mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom. 2》 [usu. as adjective yawning] be wide open: a yawning chasm. noun 1》 an act of yawning. 2》 informal a boring or tedious thing or event. Derivatives… …   English new terms dictionary

• pandiculate — verb /pænˈdɪk.jə.leɪt/ To fully stretch the torso and upper limbs, typically accompanied by yawning …   Wiktionary

• yawn — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, huge ▪ loud, noisy ▪ stifled ▪ collective (figurative …   Collocations dictionary

• gap — noun 1 space between things ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, large, wide ▪ narrow, small, tiny VERB + GAP ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• yawn — 1 verb (I) 1 to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply, usually because you are tired, or bored: The boy stretched and yawned. 2 to be or become wide open: a yawning hole (+ open): The pit yawned open in front of them. | yawning gap/gulf: the …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• yawn — /jɔn / (say yawn) verb (i) 1. to open the mouth involuntarily with a prolonged, deep intake of breath, as from drowsiness or weariness. 2. to open wide like a mouth. 3. to extend or stretch wide, as an open (and usually deep) space. –verb (t) 4.… …  

• yawn — ► VERB 1) involuntarily open one s mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom. 2) (yawning) wide open: a yawning chasm. ► NOUN 1) an act of yawning. 2) informal a boring or tedious thing or event. ORIGIN Ol …   English terms dictionary

• Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias — Sinhala is written in a non Latin script. Sinhala text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919 standard. Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many cross linguistic cognates of… …   Wikipedia