Definizione monolingua

yawn

yawn (third-person singular simple present yawns, present participle yawning, simple past and past participle yawned)

1. To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.

   I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring.

2. To present an opening that appears able to swallow one up, literally or metaphorically:

   The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck.

   Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.

yawn (plural yawns)

1. The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired.
2. A particularly boring event.

   The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn, I was so glad when it finally finished.

Definizione dizionario yawn

	sbadigliare
	open the mouth and take a deep breath
	To open the mouth widely and take a long, deep breath because of tiredness or boredom.

	sbadiglio
	the action of yawning

apertura

Altri significati:

yawning (and stretching)

To present an opening that appears able to swallow one up, literally or metaphorically:

To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.

to present a wide opening

The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired.

(to) yawn