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yawning
(encz) | yawning,zívání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Yawning
(gcide) | 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[imac]nan to yawn,
open wide, G. g[aum]hnen to yawn, OHG. gin[=e]n, gein[=o]n,
Icel. g[imac]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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yawning
(wn) | 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 1: 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 oscitancy" [syn:
yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
yawning
(encz) | yawning,zívání n: Zdeněk Brož |
yawningly
(encz) | yawningly,zívavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
agapepredicate gaping yawning
(gcide) | opened \opened\ adj.
1. having the covering skin pulled back; -- used of mouth or
eyes; as, his mouth slightly opened. Opposite of closed.
[Narrower terms: {agape(predicate), gaping, yawning ;
{agaze, staring ; {round-eyed, wide ]
Syn: open.
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2. having the seal broken so as to reveal the contents; as,
the letter was already opened.
Syn: open.
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Yawningly
(gcide) | Yawningly \Yawn"ing*ly\, adv.
In a yawning manner.
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yawning
(wn) | 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 1: 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 oscitancy" [syn:
yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy] |
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