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verb | noun yawnyawn1 /yɔn/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYyawn1Origin: Old English geonian VERB TABLEyawn |
Present | I, you, we, they | yawn | | he, she, it | yawns | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | yawned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have yawned | | he, she, it | has yawned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had yawned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will yawn | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have yawned |
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Present | I | am yawning | | he, she, it | is yawning | | you, we, they | are yawning | Past | I, he, she, it | was yawning | | you, we, they | were yawning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been yawning | | he, she, it | has been yawning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been yawning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be yawning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been yawning |
1to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply, usually because you are tired or bored: Fred yawned and stretched.2 (also yawn open) if a hole in the ground yawns, it is wide open or it suddenly becomes wide open, in a frightening way [Origin: Old English geonian] verb | noun yawnyawn2 ●●○ noun ► stifled a yawn Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn (=tried to stop yawning). 1[countable] an act of yawning: Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn (=tried to stop yawning).2 (also yawner) [singular] informal someone or something that is boring |