yawn
/jɔn/ verbe B2En français : bâiller, béer
- To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation. · I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them.
- To say while yawning.
- To present a wide opening; gape. · The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck.· Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.
He/she/it yawns · Prétérit yawned · Participe passé yawned · Forme en -ing yawning
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- yawn
- He/she/it
- yawns
- Prétérit
- yawned
- Participe passé
- yawned
- Forme en -ing
- yawning
Dans la bibliothèque
These shall wake the yawning maid;
In a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and yawned once or twice, and shook itself.
“Suppose we change the subject,” the March Hare interrupted, yawning.
“They were learning to draw,” the Dormouse went on, yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; “and they drew all manner of things—everything that begins with an M—”
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