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Meaning yawn meaning

What does yawn mean?
Definitions in simple English

yawn Verb

— When someone yawns, they open their mouth wide and sometimes stretch their arms. I can see that you're tired, because you keep yawning.

yawn Noun

— A yawn is the action of yawning. He did three big yawns, then stood up to go upstairs to bed.

yawn

— verb utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired The child yawned during the long performance — noun (= yawning, 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 — verb (= gape) be wide open the deep gaping canyon

Synonyms yawn synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as yawn?

yawn English » English

gape yawning oscitancy oscitance open mouth yaw sigh open wide gaping tire skiff shallop rowboat open the mouth open one’s mouth wide open one’s mouth last name gondola gig gawp feel sleepy evaporate dinghy deficient cutter chasma canoe breakfast boat belch be drowsy

Topics yawn topics

What do people use yawn to talk about?
Person Body Head

Mouth
Person Body condition

Tired
Daily life Sleep

Go to sleep

Conjugation yawn conjugation

How do you conjugate yawn?

yawn · verb

Examples yawn examples

How do I use yawn in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.
I suppressed a yawn.
Yawn a big long yawn.
He gave a big yawn!
They were all so tired that they could do nothing but yawn.
When you yawn, cover your mouth with your hand.
Yawn, that's enough for today.
Tom tried not to yawn.
Tom gave a big yawn.
Tom gave a wide yawn.
Put your hand over your mouth when you cough, sneeze or yawn.
Try not to yawn.
Being bored, the audience began to yawn.
We yawn when sleepy or bored.
Tom suppressed a yawn.
Tom is trying not to yawn.
The listeners had already begun to yawn.

Movie subtitles

Every time I yawn, I'm scared I'll moo.
Mine's loaded too. But a real yawn.
I shall remain faithful until the big yawn do us part.
Before evening will your mouth be distorted into a last, unfinished yawn?
Don't yawn! Go make some coffee.
If I were standing stark naked in front of Mr. Pollock, he'd probably yawn.
I don't want to yawn in Mrs Miniver's face.
Why do I always yawn on Saturdays?
Listen. when I yawn like that, you know. you get the girl's attention at the cash register.
It's just like you to get me so worked up and then yawn and say it's bedtime.
What an enormous yawn.
What a fuss about a yawn.
Frank, if I could yawn with my mouth closed, you'd have no idea how boring you really are.
Do you open your mouth only to yawn?
As you spell it backwards, you stretch and yawn between each letter.
Seeing you act like Celadon with your lady. makes me want to yawn.
The churchyards yawn.
Or maybe eat a little crow, when your performance gets a big yawn.
People relax if you sound relaxed. You should hear my yawn.
Oh, they tried so hard not to yawn in my face.
Seeing you play shepherd to your Viennese shepherdess makes me want to yawn.
You've made me yawn, too!
Methinks it should be now a huge eclipse of sun and moon and that th'affrighted globe did yawn at alteration.
So bye-yum until the dawn as if you're about to yawn?
I've lived enough in the woods to know that the trunks and the wild beasts do not feat anything sacred and do not look at the sky but to rustle or to yawn.
With that yawn. I saw my defeat turn. into a victory.
With one yawn. the composer could still get. nine performances!
Beyond the green, two pristine white sand traps and a lily-filled pond yawn out towards the emerald fairway.
Yawn.
Don't yawn!

News and current affairs

The PC has become the modern equivalent of cotton: so basic has it become to our lives that, despite the fact that around 200 million PC's are sold each year, it now simply generates an electronic yawn.

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