Yawn

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1. Verb

To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.

2. Verb

To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.

3. Verb

To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.

4. Verb

To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.

5. Noun

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.

6. Noun

The act of opening wide, or of gaping.

7. Noun

A chasm, mouth, or passageway.

8. Verb

To open one’s mouth and inhale deeply, often from tiredness
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