yawns

Meaning of yawns

noun
  1. The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.
  2. A particularly boring event.
    The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn. I was glad when it finished.
verb
  1. To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
    I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them.
  2. To say while yawning.
  3. To present a wide opening.
    Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.
  4. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
  5. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
    to yawn for fat livings

Information about yawns

  • The singular form of yawns is: yawn.
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Hyphenation of yawns

yawns

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • yawns is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of yawns

sawny

Words that rhyme with yawns

awns, bawns, dawns, predawns, fawns, outfawns, leprechawns, flawns, lawns, treelawns, impawns, pawns, spawns, supawns, suppawns, brawns, prawns, rawns

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