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| gaping | |
| 1. adj. Wide open. |  |
| There's a gaping hole in the fence. | |
| 2. n. The act of one who gapes. | |
| 3. n. Something gaping; something agape. | |
| gape | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To stare in wonder. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To open wide; to display a gap. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals. | |
| 5. n. (uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn. | |
| 6. n. A large opening. | |
| 7. n. A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping. | |
| 8. n. The width of an opening. | |
| 9. n. (zoology) The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open. | |
