yawn

yawn has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. i.. To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
• v. i.. To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
• v. i.. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
• v. i.. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.
• 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.
• n.. The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
• n.. A chasm, mouth, or passageway.
• n.. 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"
• v.. utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"
• v.. be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"