| Definition of 'yawning' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy
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"
2. (adj) yawning
gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something
"the yawning mine shaft"; "a yawning abyss"
3. (adj) yawning
with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness
"a yawning congregation"
4. (adj) drowsy, oscitant, yawning(a)
showing lack of attention or boredom
"the yawning congregation"
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| Definition of 'yawning' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. yawning
of Yawn
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| Definition of 'yawning' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. yawning
An involuntary deep INHALATION with the MOUTH open, often accompanied by the act of stretching.
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Sense: wide open
a yawning gap.
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Afrikaans: gapend |
Arabic: مُتَثائِب، فاغِر |
Bulgarian: зейнал |
Brazilian: escancarado |
Czech: zející |
German: gähnend |
Danish: gabende |
Greek: διάπλατος |
Spanish: muy abierto |
Estonian: haigutav |
Farsi: فراخ؛ گشوده |
Finnish: ammottava |
French: béant |
Hebrew: פִיהוּק |
Hindi: गहरी बड़ी खाई |
Croatian: razjapljen |
Hungarian: tátongó |
Indonesian: terbuka lebar |
Icelandic: gapandi |
Italian: spalancato |
Japanese: 大きく開いた |
Korean: 하품을 하는 |
Lithuanian: žiojintis |
Latvian: ļoti plats; vaļējs |
Malay: terbuka luas |
Dutch: gapend |
Norwegian: gapende, vidåpen |
Polish: ziejący |
Persian: فراخ؛ گشوده |
Pashto: فراخ |
Portuguese: escancarado |
Romanian: larg deschis |
Russian: зияющий |
Slovak: roztvorený, rozďavený |
Slovenian: zevajoč |
Serbian: zevajući |
Swedish: gapande |
Thai: เปิดอ้า |
Turkish: alabildiğine açık |
Taiwanese: 張著大嘴的,開口很大的 |
Ukrainian: зіяючий |
Urdu: وسیع |
Vietnamese: mở rộng |
Chinese: 张着大嘴的 |
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