Dictionary Entry
yawn
yawn is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
- 2intransitive verb
To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
- 3intransitive verb
To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
- 4intransitive verb
To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
- 7noun
A chasm, mouth, or passageway.
- 8noun
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"
- 9verb
utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
"The child yawned during the long performance"
- 10verb
be wide open
"the deep gaping canyon"
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