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yawn

DEFINITIONS OF: yawn

1

n an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom

“he could not suppress a yawn”
Synonyms:
oscitance, oscitancy, yawning
Types:
pandiculation
yawning and stretching (as when first waking up)
Type of:
inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex
an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

v utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired

“The child yawned during the long performance”
Type of:
breathe, respire, suspire, take a breath
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

v be wide open

Synonyms:
gape, yaw
Type of:
be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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