English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of yawn

yawn

/noun/ जंभाई;
/verb/जंभना; जंभाई लेना; अँगड़ाई लेना; जम्हाई लेना; चौड़ाना;

Synonym gape;

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English Dictionary:

1. Yawn

[n.]

- An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open.
- The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
- A chasm, mouth, or passageway.

2. Yawn

[v. i.]

- To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
- To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
- To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
- To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.