yawn - English word #766

Translation

To open your mouth wide and breathe in slowly because you are tired.

Word origin

From Old English geonian, meaning to gape or open wide.

Verb typeregular (yawn, yawns, yawned)

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Here "yawn" means to open your mouth wide because you are tired.

during lesson.

"Yawns" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Yawned" is the past form of "yawn".

tired

Needing to rest or sleep because you have used a lot of energy.

mouth

The part of your face that you use to eat and to speak.

sleep

To rest with your eyes closed and your mind not awake, the way you do at night.

bed

A soft, flat thing that you lie on to sleep at night.

open

To move something so that it is no longer shut.

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