The meaning of Gaping

adjective

Having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide.

Usage examples:

A broad staircase

noun

A woman.

Usage examples:

I get drunk, follow the pretty broads, and make a fool of myself

adjective

Very wide

Usage examples:

He flashed a broad grin at us., the magazine covers a broad range of subjects., he explained it in …

adjective

Like a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.

Usage examples:

A dismal cavernous hall

adjective

(of a space) very large

Usage examples:

The cavernous los angeles coliseum

noun

A line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart.

Usage examples:

A hairline crack down the middle of the glass

verb

Break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts.

Usage examples:

The ice all over the bog had cracked

adjective

Very good or skilful.

Usage examples:

He is a crack shot

adjective

Very large in size, quantity, or extent.

Usage examples:

Enormous sums of money

adjective

Extremely large or great

Usage examples:

He ate an enormous helping of pasta., the wealthy will get enormous tax cuts under the proposal.

adjective

Covering or affecting a large area.

Usage examples:

An extensive garden

adjective

Extremely large; enormous.

Usage examples:

A huge area

adjective

Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.

Usage examples:

The cost of restoration has been immense

adjective

Extremely large; great in size or degree

Usage examples:

He inherited an immense fortune., did you see that guy? he was immense!, country music is immensely…

noun

An amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.

Usage examples:

Divide the circle into three equal parts

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

Usage examples:

His lips parted in a smile

adverb

To some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).

Usage examples:

The city is now part slum, part consumer paradise

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

Usage examples:

The ice cracked and split

noun

A tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.

Usage examples:

Splits appeared in the decaying planks

proper noun

A seaport on the coast of southern croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). founded as a roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor diocletian, built in about ad 300.

adjective

Of very great extent or quantity; immense.

Usage examples:

A vast plain full of orchards

noun

An immense space.

Usage examples:

And up from the vast a murmuring passed as from a wood of pines.

adjective

Of great or more than average width.

Usage examples:

A wide road

adverb

To the full extent.

Usage examples:

His eyes opened wide

noun

A ball that is judged to be too wide of the stumps for the batsman to play, for which an extra is awarded to the batting side.

verb

Involuntarily open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom.

Usage examples:

He began yawning and looking at his watch

noun

A reflex act of opening one's mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness or boredom.

Usage examples:

He stretches and stifles a yawn

verb

To open the mouth wide and take in and let out a deep breath without conscious effort, usually when you are tired or bored

Usage examples:

She yawned, covering her mouth with her hand., it had been an especially long day, she thought, bar…

adjective

(of an opening or space) very large and wide.

Usage examples:

The yawning entrance of the cave

noun

The reflex action of opening the mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness or boredom.

Usage examples:

Yawning is so contagious that we only need to read about it to want to yawn ourselves

verb

Involuntarily open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom.

Usage examples:

He began yawning and looking at his watch