<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged, deep inhalation and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom.</li><li>Synonyms: gape.</li><li>to open wide like a mouth.</li><li>Synonyms: gape.</li><li>to extend or stretch wide, as an open and deep space.</li><li>Synonyms: gape.</li><li>(used with object) to say with a yawn.</li><li>Archaic: to open wide, or lay open, as if by yawning.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of yawning.</li><li>an opening; open space; chasm.</li><li>Also Informal: something so boring as to make one yawn: Critics say the new fashions are one big yawn.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>