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Yawn (y&asuml_;n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yawned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yawning.] [OE. yanien, &yogh_;anien, ganien, gonien, AS. g&ā;nian; akin to ginian to yawn, g&ī;nan to yawn, open wide, G. g&ä;hnen to yawn, OHG. gin&ē;n, gein&ō;n, Icel. g&ī;na to yawn, gin the mouth, OSlav. zijati to yawn, L. hiare to gape, yawn; and perhaps to E. begin, cf. Gr. cheia` a hole. √47b. Cf. Begin, Gin to begin, Hiatus.]
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1. To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate. “The lazy, yawning drone.” Shak.
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And while above he spends his breath,
The yawning audience nod beneath. Trumbull.
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2. To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
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't is now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn. Shak.
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3. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment. Shak.
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4. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings. “One long, yawning gaze.” Landor.
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Yawn, n. 1. An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open.
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One person yawning in company will produce a spontaneous yawn in all present. N. Chipman.
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2. The act of opening wide, or of gaping. Addison.
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3. A chasm, mouth, or passageway. [R.]
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Now gape the graves, and trough their yawns let loose
Imprisoned spirits. Marston.
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