verb
- to open the mouth wide and breathe in deeply, usually when tired or bored
- to open wide; to gape
noun
- an act of yawning
- something boring or tedious
Usage: informal
Examples
- She couldn’t stop yawning during the long lecture.
- The cat yawned and stretched before taking a nap.
- A deep chasm yawned before the hikers.
- The cave entrance yawned like a dark mouth.
- His loud yawn made everyone else feel sleepy too.
- The movie was such a yawn that half the audience left early.