yawning

UK /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ US /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/
adj 2noun 1

Definitions

noun

1

The action of the verb yawn.

Her vivacity appeared as graceful as it was buoyant; her gay spirit seemed the musical overflowings of youth and happiness; her eye and cheek brightened together; and her sweet glad laugh was as catching as yawning.

adj

1

That yawns or yawn.

yawning commuters

2

Wide open.

a yawning chasm; the shark's yawning jaws

That experience really taught me something. That deep down inside, I am broken, and that I'm using work to plaster over some yawning gap within myself.

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