1. The act of yawning. 2. Informal One that provokes yawns; a bore: The movie was nothing more than one big yawn. [Middle English yanen, alteration of yonen, yenen, from Old English geonian.] yawn′er n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright...
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. gaping adjective wide, great, open, broad, vast, yawning, wide open, cavernous a gaping hole Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins...
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Translations Spanish / Español Select a language: yaws npianm, frambesia English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved...
adjective1. unclosed, unlocked, ajar, unfastened, yawning, gaping, unlatched, unbolted, partly open, unbarred, opN (S.M.S.), off the latch an open doorunclosed closed, locked, shut, fastened2. unsealed, unstoppered, opN (S.M.S.)an open bottle of milk...
Define stretching. stretching synonyms, stretching pronunciation, stretching translation, English dictionary definition of stretching. v. stretched , stretch·ing , stretch·es v. tr. 1. To lengthen, widen, or distend: stretched the sweater out of shape.
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. prodigy noungenius,talent,wizard,mastermind,whizz(informal),whizz kid(informal),wunderkind,brainbox,child genius,wonder childan 11-year-old chess prodigy ...
yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy - an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" electrical shock, shoc...
adjective1. unclosed, unlocked, ajar, unfastened, yawning, gaping, unlatched, unbolted, partly open, unbarred, opN (S.M.S.), off the latch an open doorunclosed closed, locked, shut, fastened2. unsealed, unstoppered, opN (S.M.S.)an open bottle of milk...
(The next) day dawned like a yawning hole —Robert Barnard The day drooped like a flag —Katherine Mansfield The day goes by like a shadow over the heart (with sorrow where all was delight) —Stephen Foster From Stephen Foster’s famous “My Old Kentucky Home” with ‘over’ substituted...
All three were equally new, but numbers one and two were curtained and sedate, with a human, sociable look to them; while number three, with yawning door and unkempt garden, had apparently only just received its furniture and made itself ready for its occupants. View in context The others...