Yawned vs Mawned - What's the difference?
yawned | mawned |
(yawn)
To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
* Trumbull
To present a wide opening.
* Shakespeare
To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
* Landor
The action of ; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired.
A particularly boring event.
(mawn)
To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, immediately after waking up or when recovering from sleep.
The action of ; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, because one is waking up.
(Scotland, dialect) A maund; a basket or hamper.
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A ghost.
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As verbs the difference between yawned and mawned
is that yawned is (yawn) while mawned is (mawn).yawned
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(head)Anagrams
*yawn
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(wikipedia yawn)Verb
(en verb)- I could see my students yawning , so I knew the lesson was boring them.
- And while above he spends his breath, / The yawning audience nod beneath.
- 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.
- 'Tis now the very witching time of night, / When churchyards yawn .
- (Shakespeare)
- to yawn for fat livings
- one long, yawning gaze
Noun
(en noun)- The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn . I was glad when it finished.