Topic: HUMAN
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | geonian |
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yawn1
[intransitive]
[intransitive]1HBH to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply because you are tired or bored : Alan stretched and yawned.
HBHAlan stretched and yawned.2 a very large difference between two groups, things, or people : the yawning gap between the two parties the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor
yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between something)
the yawning gap between the two partiesthe yawning gulf between the rich and the poor3 literary to be or become wide open, especially in a frightening way :
