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yawn | yan |

As a verb yawn

is to open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.

As a noun yawn

is the action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired.

As a numeral yan is

one.

As a proper noun Yan is

an ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty.

yawn

English

(wikipedia yawn)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
    • I could see my students yawning , so I knew the lesson was boring them.
  • * Trumbull
    • And while above he spends his breath, / The yawning audience nod beneath.
  • To present a wide opening.
    • 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.
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis now the very witching time of night, / When churchyards yawn .
  • To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
    • to yawn for fat livings
  • * Landor
    • one long, yawning gaze

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of ; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired.
  • A particularly boring event.
    • The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn . I was glad when it finished.

    Derived terms

    * multicolour yawn * Technicolor yawn * yawnfest

    Anagrams

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    yan

    English

    (wikipedia yan)

    Etymology 1

    Along with (m) and yen, a Northumbrian form of one, from the (etyl) . An example is "yan, twee, tree" for "one, two, three".

    Numeral

    (head)
  • (cardinal, North East England, dialect) one
    • Derived terms
    * yance or yence
    References
    * {{reference-book , last = Griffiths , first = Bill , title = A Dictionary of North East Dialect , origyear = 2004 , publisher = Northumbria University Press , id = ISBN 1-904794-16-5 , pages = 191 }} * {{reference-book , last = Leith , first = Dick , title = A Social History of English , origyear = 1997 , publisher = Routledge , id = ISBN 0415097975, 9780415097970 , pages = 45 }}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) numerals, with influence from Old English or modern Northern English yan or yen.

    Numeral

    (head)
  • (cardinal, North West England, dialect) one in Cumbrian sheep counting rhyme.
    • (Yan Tan Tethera)
    Derived terms
    * yan-a-dick * yan-a-bumfit
    See also
    *
    References
    * {{reference-book , last = Wright , first = Peter , title = Cumbrian Chat , origyear = 1995 , publisher = Dalesman Publishing Company , id = ISBN 185-568-092-0 , pages = 7 }} * {{reference-book , last = Deakin , first = Michael A.B. , editor = Leigh-Lancaster, David , title = The Name of the Number , origyear = 2007 , url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sSGPsbUdzuMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Name+of+the+Number&client=firefox-a&sig=rltANTWrl82R7Ho4mEv0PivE698 , accessdate = 2008-05-17 , publisher = Australian Council for Educational Research , id = ISBN 0864317573 , pages = 75 }} * {{reference-book , last = Varvogli , first = Aliki , title = Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide , origyear = 2002 , url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YwW7f0jB9swC&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Proulx,+Annie%22&client=firefox-a&sig=1V4j_clhRbrJm7XnesnFDk8NU0Q , accessdate = 2008-05-17 , publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group , id = ISBN 0826452337 , pages = 24-25 }}

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