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Definition of yawning : of Yawn

Synonyms:

wide, abyssal, oscitant, inattentive, oscitancy, opened, cavernous, oscitance, drowsy, abysmal, yawn

embouchure, chasm, hatch, gap, inlet, hole, pore, mouth, door, entrance, opening, portal, aperture, gate, orifice

gaping, unbolted, unclosed, agape, patent, unstopped, unimpeded, ajar, admitting, uncapped, unplugged, bare, manifest, accessible, exposed, unlocked, uncovered, unobstructed, unbarred, open

Usage examples:

• Ella Monahan came in, yawning. - "Fanny Herself", Edna Ferber.
• The boys, who have been sitting staring at the fire, drowsily and unheeding, rouse themselves gradually, stretching and yawning. - "Krindlesyke", Wilfrid Wilson Gibson.
• " Some of the fellows have perfect beauts," said the Tennessee Shad, yawning; " got at hotels, and house parties, and all that sort of thing." - "The Varmint", Owen Johnson F. R. Gruger.