yawning
noun
- The act of involuntarily opening mouth wide
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/
adj
- That yawns or yawn.
“yawning commuters”
- Wide open.
“a yawning chasm; the shark's yawning jaws”
“That experience really taught me something. That deep down inside, I am broken, and that I'm using work to plaster over some yawning gap within myself.”
noun
- The action of the verb yawn.
“Her vivacity appeared as graceful as it was buoyant; her gay spirit seemed the musical overflowings of youth and happiness; her eye and cheek brightened together; and her sweet glad laugh was as catching as yawning.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of yawn