Found 3 items, similar to yawning.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: yawn
mangap, menguap
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: yawning
yawning
adj 1: gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or
something;
“the yawning mine shaft”;
“a yawning abyss”
2: with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness;
“a yawning congregation”
3: showing lack of attention or boredom;
“the yawning
congregation” [syn:
drowsy,
oscitant,
yawning(a)]
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 ostinancy”
[syn:
yawn,
oscitance,
oscitancy]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
g[=i]na to yawn, gin the mouth, OSlav. zijati to yawn, L.
hiare to gape, yawn; and perhaps to E. begin, cf. Gr. cheia`
a hole. [root]47b. Cf. Begin, Gin to begin,
Hiatus.]
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1. To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness,
dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
“The lazy,
yawning drone.” --Shak.
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And while above he spends his breath,
The yawning audience nod beneath. --Trumbull.
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2. To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit
of anything.
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't is now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn. --Shak.
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3. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or
bewilderment. --Shak.
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4. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express
desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.
“One
long, yawning gaze.” --Landor.
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