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gap·ing

(gā′pĭng)
adj.
Deep and wide open: a gaping wound; a gaping hole.
gap′ing·ly adv.
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gaping

(ˈɡeɪpɪŋ)
adj
wide open; extremely wide: a gaping hole.
ˈgapingly adv
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Adj. 1. [画像:gaping - with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe]gaping - with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape"
opened, open - used of mouth or eyes; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened"
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gaping

adjective wide, great, open, broad, vast, yawning, wide open, cavernous a gaping hole
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gaping

adjective
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Translations
مَفْتوح، واسِع
zející
gabende
gapandi, gínandi
zevajoč
alabildiğine açılmışfaraş gibi

gaping

[ˈgeɪpɪŋ] ADJ
1. [wound, mouth] → abierto ; [hole] → muy abierto, grande
2. [person] → boquiabierto, embobado
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gaping

[ˈgeɪpɪŋ] adj [hole] → béant(e); [wound] → béant(e)gap-toothed [ˌgæpˈtuːθt] adj [person] → édenté(e); [smile] → édenté(e)gap year n → année f sabbatique année de congé, souvent passée à voyager, que certains étudiants s'accordent avant d'entrer à l'université
He spent his gap year in India → Avant d'entrer à l'université, il a passé un an en Inde.
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gaping

adj
mouth, beak → weit aufgesperrt ; hole → riesig ; wound → klaffend ; chasm, abyss → klaffend, gähnend
(= staring) person → gaffend ; eyes → weit aufgerissen
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gaping

[ˈgeɪpɪŋ] adj (wound) → aperto/a; (hole) → grosso/a
gaping seam → larga scucitura
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gape

(geip) verb
to stare with open mouth, eg in surprise. The children gaped at the monkeys. vergaap يَفْغَرُ فَمَه зяпам embasbacar civět (s otevřenými ústy) anstaunen måbe χάσκω, κοιτάζω με ανοιχτό το στόμα mirar boquiabierto ammuli sui vahtima با دهان باز خیره شدن tollottaa rester bouche bée לִפעוֹר פֶּה जंभाई लेना, एकटक घूरना zuriti, buljiti tátja a száját ternganga gapa restare a bocca aperta ぽかんと口を開ける 멍하니 바라보다 spoksoti blenzt (ar pavērtu muti) ternganga gapen måpe, glo gapić się خوله وازه پاته كېدل ( لكه دتعجب په وخت كې ) ارږمۍ كښل embasbacar a căsca gura глазеть civieť strmeti zinuti gapa, glo, bliga อ้าปากค้าง ağzı açık kalmak 目瞪口呆 витріщатися بڑا سا منہ کھولنا há hốc miệng 目瞪口呆,张口凝视
ˈgaping adjective
wide open. a gaping hole. gapend مَفْتوح، واسِع широко отворен escancarado zející klaffend gabende ολάνοιχτος abierto, de par en par haigutav کاملاً باز ammottava béant פעור खुला razjapljen tátongó terbuka lebar gapandi, gínandi aperto 口の開いた 크게 벌어진 žiojintis vaļēja bedre terbuka gapend gapende, måpende ziejący کاملأ خلاص brecha căscat зияющий roztvorený zevajoč razjapljen gapande หวะเข้าไป; กว้างเข้าไป; เป็นช่องเข้าไป alabildiğine açılmış, faraş gibi 開口大的 зяючий کھلا ہوا mở rộng 张口大的
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Gaping still, but meeting me, she pieced it all together.
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In addition to this principal group scattered about the grotto, as the chances of death or surprise had stretched them, isolated bodies seemed to be making ghastly exhibitions of their gaping wounds.
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Our goods were no sooner landed than we were surrounded with a crowd of officers, all gaping for presents; we were forced to gratify their avarice by opening our bales, and distributing among them some pieces of calico.
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Turning, she gazed in through the gaping chasm of the window at her side.
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He saw his gaping audience picturing him as the central figure in blazing scenes.
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