yawn

Noun
  1. An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth;
    Usually triggered by fatigue or boredom (synset 100838954)
    "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy"
    is a type of: inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
    subtypes: pandiculation - yawning and stretching (as when first waking up)
    same as: oscitance, oscitancy, yawning
Verb
  1. Utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired (synset 200007328)
    "The child yawned during the long performance"
    is a type of: breathe, respire, suspire, take a breath - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
  2. Be wide open (synset 202724625)
    "the deep gaping canyon"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    same as: gape, yaw

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