yawned
- 1Simple past and past participle of yawn.
He yawned widely as the meeting dragged into its third hour.
By midnight the children had yawned a dozen times.
Note
A regular form: one spelling covers both the simple past and the participle that follows have in the perfect. It carries every use of yawn, including two that are easy to overlook. It works as a reporting verb for words spoken mid-yawn ("Not again," she yawned). It also describes the wide gape of anything open, as when a chasm yawned at their feet. Older senses of gaping in surprise, or yawning with eagerness, are now obsolete.
"Not again," she yawned, reaching for the light.
A dark chasm yawned at their feet.
yawned is a form of yawn
yawn, verb: To open the mouth wide and take a long, deep breath, often from tiredness or boredom, sometimes together with a stretch. Full entry
- Spelling
- yawn → yawned: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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