| anglais > français | |
| yawn | |
| 1. v. Bâiller. | |
| It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, (The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling) | |
| Il était sept heures, par un soir très chaud, sur les collines de Seeonee. Père Loup s'éveilla de son somme journalier, se gratta, bailla | |
| 2. n. Bâillement. | |
| 3. n. (Figuré) Événement ennuyeux. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
| yawn | |
| 1. v. To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation. |  |
| I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them. |  |
| 2. v. To say while yawning. |  |
| 3. v. To present a wide opening. |  |
| The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck. |  |
| Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes. |  |
| 4. v. (obsolete) To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment. |  |
| 5. v. (obsolete) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning. |  |
| to yawn for fat livings |  |
| 6. n. The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored. |  |
| 7. n. (colloquial) A particularly boring event. |  |
| The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn. I was glad when it finished. |  |
| français > anglais | |
| bâiller | |
| 1. v. to yawn |  |