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 Yawn v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yawned p. pr. & vb. n. Yawning.]
 1. To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.  “The lazy, yawning drone.”
 And while above he spends his breath,
 The yawning audience nod beneath.   --Trumbull.
 2. To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
 't is now the very witching time of night,
 When churchyards yawn.   --Shak.
 3. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
 4. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.  “One long, yawning gaze.”