YAWN


Meaning of YAWN in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , deep , huge

▪ loud , noisy

▪ stifled

▪ collective ( figurative )

The speech was greeted with a collective ~ from the press gallery.

VERB + YAWN

▪ fight back , hold back , stifle , suppress

He struggled to stifle a ~.

▪ give , let out

The little boy gave a huge ~.

▪ conceal

He tried to conceal his ~ behind his hand.

YAWN + VERB

▪ escape

A loud ~ escaped my lips.

PREPOSITION

▪ with a ~

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ hugely , widely

He sat up and ~ed hugely.

▪ loudly

VERB + YAWN

▪ make sb

▪ hear sb

PREPOSITION

▪ at

He got fed up with people ~ing at him when he talked about his job.

PHRASES

▪ can't stop ~ing

I was so tired I couldn't stop ~ing.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .