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adjective
Date: before 12th century
1. wide open ; cavernous <a yawning hole> <yawning gaps in the plot> 2. showing fatigue or boredom by yawns <a yawning audience> • yawningly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
yawning
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yawning — yawning; yawning·ly; … English syllables
yawning — index open (unclosed), penetrable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Yawning — Yawn Yawn (y[add]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yawning}.] [OE. yanien, [yogh]anien, ganien, gonien, AS. g[=a]nian; akin to ginian to yawn, g[=i]nan to yawn, open wide, G. g[ a]hnen to yawn, OHG. gin[=e]n, gein[=o]n, Icel.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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yawning — yawningly, adv. /yaw ning/, adj. 1. being or standing wide open; gaping: the yawning mouth of a cave. 2. indicating by yawns one s weariness or indifference: The lecturer was oblivious to his yawning audience. [bef. 900; ME; OE geniendum. See… … Universalium
yawning — 1. noun The action of the verb yawn. 2. adjective a) That yawns or yawn. yawning commuters b) Wide open. a yawning chasm … Wiktionary
Yawning — The involuntary opening of the mouth with respiration, breathing first inward, then outward. Yawning is often caused by suggestion. Repeated yawning is commonly a sign of drowsiness. It can also sometimes be a sign of depression. * * * The act of … Medical dictionary
yawning — In folklore, a means by which DEMONs can enter the body, and the soul can escape. The custom of covering the mouth while yawning has nothing to do with politeness, but with preventing demonic entry and soul loss. In colonial America, it was… … Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology
yawning — adj. Yawning is used with these nouns: ↑chasm, ↑gap, ↑gulf, ↑hole … Collocations dictionary
yawning — adjective a yawning hole where the door once was Syn: gaping, wide open, wide, cavernous, deep; huge, great, big … Thesaurus of popular words
