yawns (verb)

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• yawn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English yenen, yanen, from Old English ginian; akin to Old High German ginēn to yawn, Latin hiare, Greek chainein Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to open wide ; gape 2. to open the mouth wide and take a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• yawn — [[t]jɔ͟ːn[/t]] yawns, yawning, yawned 1) VERB If you yawn, you open your mouth very wide and breathe in more air than usual, often when you are tired or when you are not interested in something. She yawned, and stretched lazily... They looked… …   English dictionary

• yawn — I UK [jɔːn] / US [jɔn] verb [intransitive] Word forms yawn : present tense I/you/we/they yawn he/she/it yawns present participle yawning past tense yawned past participle yawned * 1) to open your mouth wide and take a big breath, usually because… …   English dictionary

• trouble — [[t]trʌ̱b(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ troubles, troubling, troubled 1) N UNCOUNT: oft in N, also N in pl You can refer to problems or difficulties as trouble. I had trouble parking... You ve caused us a lot of trouble... The plane developed engine trouble soon… …   English dictionary

• 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

• yawn — 1. verb /jɔːn,jɔn,jɑn/ a) To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation. The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck …   Wiktionary

• sug|gest´er — sug|gest «suhg JEHST, suh », transitive verb. 1. to bring to mind; call up the thought of: »The thought of summer suggests swimming, tennis, and hot weather. »Democratic Athens, oligarchic Rome, suggest to us Pericles and Brutus (James Bryce). 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• sug|gest — «suhg JEHST, suh », transitive verb. 1. to bring to mind; call up the thought of: »The thought of summer suggests swimming, tennis, and hot weather. »Democratic Athens, oligarchic Rome, suggest to us Pericles and Brutus (James Bryce). 2. to put… …   Useful english dictionary

• yawn´er — yawn «yawn», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to open the mouth wide because one is sleepy, tired, or bored: »The reader must not yawn, or yield to tickles in the throat, or tire of the tale in the middle (London Times). 2. to open wide; gape: »The canyon… …   Useful english dictionary