Yawn

Morpheme

Yawn

Type

free base

Denotation

open the mouth wide and take a long, deep breath

Etymology

Middle English yanen, yonen, yenen; Old English ġeonian, ġinian, ġeonian, ġynian

Evidence

yawn, yawned, yawner, yawning, yawningly, yawns

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