"yawning" meaning in All languages combined

See yawning on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-yawning.wav [US] Forms: more yawning [comparative], most yawning [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːnɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} yawning (comparative more yawning, superlative most yawning)
  1. That yawns or yawn. Translations (that yawns or yawn): зевающий (zevajuščij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-yawning-en-adj-jaCf9lI3 Disambiguation of 'that yawns or yawn': 100 0
  2. (figuratively) Wide open. Tags: figuratively Translations (wide open): ἀχανής (akhanḗs) (Ancient Greek), зияющий (zijajuščij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-yawning-en-adj-0KlUEDr5 Disambiguation of 'wide open': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: yawningly, yawningness

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-yawning.wav [US] Forms: yawnings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːnɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} yawning (countable and uncountable, plural yawnings)
  1. The action of the verb yawn. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-yawning-en-noun-ghZYkzr2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-yawning.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɔːnɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} yawning
  1. present participle and gerund of yawn Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: yawn
    Sense id: en-yawning-en-verb-ihz76SmQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 7 73

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for yawning meaning in All languages combined (4.6kB)

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