See Also: yawn(medicine)
yawn(2)(dictionary)
yawn(1)(dictionary)
yawn 2, noun(dictionary)
yawn 1, verb(dictionary)
browse(dictionary)
browse(dictionary)
browse(2)(dictionary)
browse(1)(dictionary)
browse(medicine)

yawn 2, noun (oh) and browse (oh)


yawn 2, noun (oh)



2 n
[C] an act of yawning
::Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn (=tried to stop yawning) .
a yawn
informal someone or something that is boring
::The party was a big yawn.

browse (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from early French brouster, from broust 'bud, shoot']
[I] to look through the pages of a book, magazine etc without a particular purpose, just looking at the most interesting parts
browse through
::Jon was browsing through the photographs.
[I and T] to look at the goods in a shop without wanting to buy any particular thing
browse around
::The trip allows you plenty of time for browsing around the shops.
::tourists browsing the boutiques and souvenir stalls
[I and T] to search for information on a computer or on the Internet
::a feature that allows you to browse your hard drive and choose the graphic you want to display
[I] if a goat, deer etc browses, it eats plants
-- browse n [singular]
::We had a quick browse around the shops.