Usually means: Involuntary opening of mouth, inhaling.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word yawning:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. yawning: Merriam-Webster
  2. yawning: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. yawning: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. yawning: Collins English Dictionary
  5. yawning: Vocabulary.com
  6. Yawning, yawning: Wordnik
  7. yawning: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. yawning: Wiktionary
  9. yawning: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. yawning: Dictionary.com
  11. yawning: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Yawning: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Yawning: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. yawning: Rhymezone
  15. Yawning: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. yawning: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. yawning: FreeDictionary.org
  18. yawning: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. yawning: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. yawning: Legal dictionary

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. yawning: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Yawning: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Yawning: MedFriendly Glossary
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. yawning: Medical dictionary
  8. Yawning: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Yawning: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See yawn as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (yawning)

noun:  The action of the verb yawn.
adjective:  That yawns or yawn.
adjective:  (figuratively) Wide open.

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