yawning

Definitions

1. 1

   present participle and gerund of yawn

2. 2

   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.
3. 3

   That yawns or yawn.

   • yawning commuters
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   1. 4

      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.

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