a gaping wound

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• wound — wound1 [waund] the past tense and past participle of ↑wind 2 wound 2 wound2 [wu:nd] n [: Old English; Origin: wund] 1.) an injury to your body that is made by a weapon such as a knife or a bullet ▪ A nurse cleaned and bandaged the wound. ▪ It… …   Dictionary of contemporary 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

• wound — n. 1) to inflict a wound on/upon smb. 2) to receive a wound 3) to clean; dress; suture; swab a wound 4) a deep; fatal, mortal; festering; flesh; gaping; light, slight; self inflicted; serious, severe; superficial wound (to receive a slight wound) …   Combinatory dictionary

• wound — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, serious, severe ▪ fatal ▪ a fatal gunshot wound ▪ minor ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• gaping axe wound — Noun. Vagina, female genitals. Cf. axe wound & hairy axe wound …   English slang and colloquialisms

• gaping — adj. Gaping is used with these nouns: ↑chasm, ↑crater, ↑hole, ↑jaw, ↑loophole, ↑mouth, ↑wound …   Collocations dictionary

• gaping — gap|ing [ˈgeıpıŋ] adj [only before noun] a gaping hole, wound, or mouth is very wide and open …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• gaping — adjective (only before noun) a gaping hole, wound, or mouth is very wide and open …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• gape — [[t]ge͟ɪp[/t]] gapes, gaping, gaped 1) VERB If you gape, you look at someone or something in surprise, usually with an open mouth. [V at n] His secretary stopped taking notes to gape at me... [V at n] He was not the type to wander round gaping at …   English dictionary