Yawned

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yawn \Yawn\ (y[add]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yawned}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Yawning}.] [OE. yanien, [yogh]anien, ganien, gonien,
     AS. g[=a]nian; akin to ginian to yawn, g[imac]nan to yawn,
     open wide, G. g[aum]hnen to yawn, OHG. gin[=e]n, gein[=o]n,
     Icel. g[imac]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}.]
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     1. To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness,
        dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate. "The lazy,
        yawning drone." --Shak.
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              And while above he spends his breath,
              The yawning audience nod beneath.     --Trumbull.
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     2. To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit
        of anything.
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              't is now the very witching time of night,
              When churchyards yawn.                --Shak.
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     3. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or
        bewilderment. --Shak.
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     4. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express
        desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings. "One long,
        yawning gaze." --Landor.
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