yawn

/jɔːn/verb

उच्चारण यॉन

जम्हाई लेना

Basic word

verb

1
[I]
to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply, usually because you are tired or bored; to be or become a wide open space
जम्हाई लेना
- He yawned during the long lecture.
- Radhika tried not to yawn in the middle of the class.
- The baby yawned and fell asleep.
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- I yawned all through the long train journey.
Synonyms gape be bored be tired

noun

1
[C]
an act of yawning; (informal) a boring event, idea
जम्हाई; उबाऊ चीज़
- The film was a yawn.
- She let out a loud yawn after the night shift.
- The speaker's long pause drew a collective yawn from the hall.
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- The match turned out to be a total yawn.
Synonyms gape bore drag snooze

◇Word family

yawning adj.

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

gape be bored be tired bore drag snooze

§Grammar and usage

Usage: a yawning gap (a very wide and noticeable difference: 'a yawning gap between rich and poor').

प्रयोग में a yawning gap (बहुत बड़ा और स्पष्ट अंतर, गहरी खाई: 'a yawning gap between rich and poor')।

Keep the involuntary body action words: yawn, sneeze, cough, hiccup, burp, snore (make noise while sleeping), shiver (shake with cold), blink (close and open the eyes quickly).

अनैच्छिक शारीरिक क्रियाओं के शब्द याद रखिए: yawn, sneeze (छींक), cough, hiccup (हिचकी), burp (डकार), snore (सोते हुए खर्राटे), shiver (ठंड से काँपना), blink (पलक झपकाना)।

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General knowledge

Science: yawning may help cool the brain and is often 'contagious' (seeing somebody yawn makes others yawn).

विज्ञान में जम्हाई मस्तिष्क को ठंडा करने में मदद कर सकती है और प्रायः 'संक्रामक' होती है (किसी को जम्हाई लेते देख दूसरे भी लेते हैं)।