yawning
         adj 1: gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or
                  something; "the yawning mine shaft"; "a yawning abyss"
         2: with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness; "a
            yawning congregation"
         3: showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning
            congregation" [syn: {drowsy}, {oscitant}, {yawning(a)}]
         n 1: 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" [syn:
               {yawn}, {yawning}, {oscitance}, {oscitancy}]

English Dictionary: yawning	by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yawn \Yawn\ (y[add]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yawned}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Yawning}.] [OE. yanien, [f4]anien, ganien, gonien,       AS. g[be]nian; akin to ginian to yawn, g[c6]nan to yawn, open       wide, G. g[84]hnen to yawn, OHG. gin[emac]n, gein[omac]n,       Icel. g[c6]na to yawn, gin the mouth, OSlav. zijati to yawn,       L. hiare to gape, yawn; and perhaps to E. begin, cf. Gr.       cheia` a hole. [root]47b. Cf. Begin, Gin to begin, {Hiatus}.]       1. To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness,             dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate. [bd]The lazy,             yawning drone.[b8] --Shak.                         And while above he spends his breath, The yawning                      audience nod beneath.                        --Trumbull.          2. To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit             of anything.                         't is now the very witching time of night, When                      churchyards yawn.                              --Shak.          3. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or             bewilderment. --Shak.          4. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express             desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings. [bd]One             long, yawning gaze.[b8] --Landor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yawningly \Yawn"ing*ly\, adv.       In a yawning manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yean \Yean\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Yeaned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Yeaning}.] [AS. e[a0]nian, or gee[a0]nian; perhaps akin to       E. ewe, or perhaps to L. agnus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Ean}.]       To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean. --Shak.