| 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, while or as if while yawning: yawned his disapproval of the silly venture. n. 1. The act of yawning. 2. A fatigued or bored response. 3. 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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