gaping

Gaping — A defect in crepe fabrics caused by unequal twist in the crepe yams which causes irregular shrinkage and produces a gaping or irregular closing of the warp threads …   Dictionary of the English textile terms

gaping — index open (unclosed), penetrable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

gaping — 1570s (implied in gapingly), prp. adj. from GAPE (Cf. gape) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

gaping — [adj] wide open broad, cavernous, chasmal, great, vast, yawning; concepts 485,490 Ant. closed, shut …   New thesaurus

Gaping —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Gaping (droit civil).  Le gaping, ou ass gaping, désigne une pratique purement visuelle du cinéma pornographique consistant à montrer l anus, et parfois le vagin, dilaté et béant suite à une longue… …   Wikipédia en Français

Gaping — Gape Gape (g[aum]p; in Eng, commonly g[=a]p; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gaped} (g[aum]pt or g[=a]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaping}] [OE. gapen, AS. geapan to open; akin to D. gapen to gape, G. gaffen, Icel. & Sw. gapa, Dan. gabe; cf. Skr. jabh to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

gaping — gap·ing (gāʹpĭng) adj. Deep and wide open: a gaping wound; a gaping hole.   gapʹing·ly adv. * * * …   Universalium

gaping — gap|ing [ geıpıŋ ] adjective a gaping hole or space is very large: a gaping wound …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

gaping — UK [ˈɡeɪpɪŋ] / US adjective a gaping hole or space is very large a gaping wound …   English dictionary

gaping — adjective Date: 1588 wide open < a gaping hole > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

gaping — 1) the act of opening the gape 2) parting of fish flakes as the connective tissues break down. Roundfish gape more than flatfish and some species, e.g. ling, Molva molva and wolffishes, Anarhichas rarely gape. Gaping reduces market value …   Dictionary of ichthyology