Yawn
noun
- 1.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ការស្ងាប
verb — past tense: yawned ; past participle: yawned ; present participle: yawning ;
- 1.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ស្ងាប
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to open the mouth wide and draw in breath (often involuntarily), to have a wide opening to form a chasm) ស្ងាប
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
- 3.
- A chasm, mouth, or passageway.
verb — past tense: yawned ; past participle: yawned ; present participle: yawning ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.