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Definitions for gaping
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Princeton's WordNet
agape(p), gapingadjective
with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
"the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape"
Wiktionary
gapingadjective
Wide open.
a gaping hole.
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gaping
Gaping refers to something wide open or greatly expanded, often in a surprising or shocking manner. It is often used to describe mouths when someone is staring or looks shocked, or to wounds that are large and open. It can also describe something that is noticeably lacking or absent.
Webster Dictionary
Gaping
of Gape
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gaping in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gaping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of gaping in a Sentence
If you don’t feel ordained by the Universe to do this job, do something else. The intelligence community has to shut down the gaping wound that is the insider threat epidemic we are experiencing right now.
There are huge gaping differences between people in South Africa and that is why you need dialogue, which you can't have without its monuments and statues.
I wish I could say something that would ease the pain of the families and of the church but I know from experience -- and I was reminded of it again 29 days ago -- that no words can mend a broken heart, no music can fill the gaping void ... at least in my experience only faith. Only faith.
I wish I could say something that would ease the pain of the families and of the church but I know from experience -- and I was reminded of it again 29 days ago -- that no words can mend a broken heart. No music can fill the gaping void ... at least in my experience only faith. Only faith, sometimes even faith leaves you just for a second. Sometimes you doubt. There's a famous expression that says faith sees best in the dark. For the nine families, this is a very dark, dark time.
Today’s immoral quick fix is tomorrow’s gaping and painful wound that never heals.
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- klaffendGerman
- ammottavaFinnish
- aberto, escancaradoPortuguese
- зияющий, открытый, широкоRussian
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