an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy"
utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
United States architect (1827-1895)
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"
seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"
yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"
chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"
a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail); "he put a quarter in the slot"
a slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots"
(computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for additional memory"
a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; "he developed a version of slot grammar"
the trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"
a position in a hierarchy or organization; "Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some tough competition for the number one slot"