Definition of yawn Yawn

/jɔˈn/ - [yon] - yawn

We found 17 definitions of yawn from 6 different sources.

What does yawn mean?

Noun Plural: yawns
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"
		yawning, oscitance, oscitancy
		inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
Verb yawns, yawning, yawned
yawn - utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"
		take a breath, suspire, respire, breathe undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
yawn - be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"
		gape, yaw
		be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"

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yawn (Noun)
The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired.
yawn (Noun)
A particularly boring event.
yawn (Verb)
To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
yawn (Verb)
To present an opening that appears able to swallow one up, literally or metaphorically.

yawn (v. i.)
To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
yawn (v. i.)
To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
yawn (v. i.)
To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
yawn (v. i.)
To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.
yawn (n.)
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.
yawn (n.)
The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
yawn (n.)
A chasm, mouth, or passageway.

yawn
To open the mouth widely and take a long, deep breath because of tiredness or boredom.

A yawn is a very large, long breath. Yawns are commonly thought to represent tiredness, but are actually caused by a lack of oxygen in the blood.

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yawn in sign language