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yawn
(yôn)v. yawned, yawn·ing, yawns
v.intr.
1. To open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom.
2. To open wide; gape: The chasm yawned at our feet.
v.tr.
To utter wearily, as while yawning: yawned his disapproval of the silly venture.
n.
1. The act of yawning.
2. Informal One that provokes yawns; a bore: The movie was nothing more than one big yawn.
[Middle English yanen, alteration of yonen, yenen, from Old English geonian.]
yawn′er n.
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yawn
(jɔːn)vb
1. (Physiology) (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
(Physiology) 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]
ˈyawner n
ˈyawning adj
ˈyawningly adv
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yawn
(yɔn)v.i.
1. to open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged, deep inhalation and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom.
2. to extend or stretch wide, as an open and deep space.
v.t. 3. to say with a yawn.
n. 4. an act or instance of yawning.
5. a deep, open space; chasm.
6.
a. a bored reaction.
b. Also called yawner. something so boring as to make one yawn.
[before 900; Middle English yanen, yonen, Old English ge(o)nian; akin to Old English gānian, ginan, Old High German ginōn, Old Norse gīna to yawn, and to chasm, hiatus]
yawn′ing•ly, adv.
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yawn
Past participle: yawned
Gerund: yawning
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| Noun | 1. |  yawn - 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"pandiculation - yawning and stretching (as when first waking up) inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
| Verb | 1. |  yawn - utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" |
| 2. |  yawn - be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
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yawn
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yawn
verb1. To open the mouth wide with a deep inward breath, as when tired or bored:
gape.
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Translations
تَثاؤُبيَتَثَاءَبُيَتَثاءَب
zívatzívnutí
gabegab
oscedioscedo
دهان دره
haukotellahaukotus
zijevati
ásításítás
geispageispi
あくびをする
하품하다
žiovautižiovulys
žāvasžāvāšanāsžāvāties
zívaťzívnutie
zehatizehanje
zevzevatiзевзевати
gäspa
หาว
esnemekesneme
ngáp
yawn
[jɔːn]A. N → bostezo m
to give a yawn → bostezar
to say sth with a yawn → decir algo bostezando
it was a yawn from start to finish → fue aburridísimo, fue un plomo
to give a yawn → bostezar
to say sth with a yawn → decir algo bostezando
it was a yawn from start to finish → fue aburridísimo, fue un plomo
C. VT to yawn one's head off → bostezar mucho
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
yawn
vi
(chasm etc) → gähnen
n
(of person) → Gähnen nt; I could tell by your yawns … → an deinem Gähnen konnte ich sehen …; to give a yawn → gähnen
(inf: = bore) the film was a yawn → der Film war zum Gähnen (langweilig); what a yawn! → wie langweilig!; life is just one big yawn → das Leben ist vielleicht langweilig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
yawn
(joːn) verb to stretch the mouth wide and take a deep breath when tired or bored. He yawned and fell asleep.
noun an act of yawning. a yawn of boredom.
ˈyawning adjective wide open. a yawning gap.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
yawn
→ يَتَثَاءَبُ zívat gabe gähnen χασμουριέμαι bostezar haukotella bailler zijevati sbadigliare あくびをする 하품하다 gapen gjespe ziewnąć bocejar зевать gäspa หาว esnemek ngáp 打哈欠Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
yawn
n. bostezo;
v. bostezar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
yawn
n bostezo; vi bostezarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.