How many syllables in Yawn
Word
Yawn
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
yawn
Definition
- v. i. - To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness,
dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
- v. i. - To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit
of anything.
- v. i. - To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or
bewilderment.
- v. i. - To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express
desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.
- 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.
- n. - The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
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