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Definition of 'yawning'

Princeton's WordNet

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"

Definition of 'yawning'

Webster Dictionary

1. yawning
of Yawn

Definition of 'yawning'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. yawning
An involuntary deep INHALATION with the MOUTH open, often accompanied by the act of stretching.

Translation of 'yawning'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: wide open a yawning gap.
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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