yawning
adjective
[ ˈjɔːnɪŋ ]
• (of an opening or space) very large and wide.
• "the yawning entrance of the cave"
yawning
noun
• the reflex action of opening the mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness or boredom.
• "yawning is so contagious that we only need to read about it to want to yawn ourselves"
yawn
verb
• involuntarily open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom.
• "he began yawning and looking at his watch"
• (of an opening or space) be very large and wide.
• "she started inching back from the abyss that yawned before her"
Similar:
gaping,
wide open,
wide,
cavernous,
deep,
large,
huge,
great,
big,
chasmal,
Origin:
Old English geonian, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hiare and Greek khainein . Current noun senses date from the early 18th century.
