To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open.
The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
A chasm, mouth, or passageway.
emote used to indicate boredom or don't care attitude, i.e. I am bored with what you are saying
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"
utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"
be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"
a deep inspiratory movement with a wide-open mouth often accompanied by stretching of limbs
a long slow deep inward breath, taken with a wide-open mouth, and followed by a short outward breath
an expression of our being tired
a physical sign of BOREDOM in much the same way that a pout is a physical sign of displeasure
a reflex of deep inhalation and exhalation associated with being tired, with a need to sleep , or from boredom
a semi-automatic reflex that originates in the brain stem in response to a lower level of oxygen in the brain
a semi-automatic reflex that originates in the brain stem (the lower part of our brain that is not consciously controlled)
a very deep breath and the usual cause of it is that we are tired and our breathing has fallen below what it needed, so we are trying to make it up quickly
a wonderful little break because you open that jaw muscle and the breath comes in through the mouth
involuntary opening of the mouth when tired.
A yawn (synonyms chasma, oscitation from the Latin verb oscitare, to open the mouth wideA. Price Heusner. YAWNING AND ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA.