- (v.i.) To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
- (n.) A chasm, mouth or passageway.
- (v.i.) To open the mouth or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
- (n.) The act of opening wide or of gaping.
- (v.i.) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.
- (v.i.) To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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