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51flower — n 1. blossom, bloom, nosegay, bouquet; bud, floweret, floret; perennial, annual. 2. prime, acme, zenith, heyday, height, maturity, efflorescence, Latin, floruit; youth, early vigor, springtime of life, salad days. 3. ornament, adornment,… …
52gape — v 1. gawk, goggle, stare open mouthed, show astonishment, Inf. rubberneck; regard with awe, stare at, stare curiously, ogle. 2. yawn, dehisce, open up, open wide, extend wide; part, crack, split …
53open — adj 1. unclosed, unshut, wide open, agape, gaping, yawning, patulous, ringent, dehiscent; (of a door) unlocked, unbolted, unlatched, ajar, sprung, jimmied; (of a window) raised, up; (of a drawer) pulled out, sticking out, protruding; (of a box)… …
54split — v 1. divide, separate, break, break up, part, disjoin, disjoint, break asunder; rive, halve, bisect, cut in two, partition, dichotomize, Obs. dimidiate; sever, dissever, rend, abscind, sunder; dissect, anatomize, divorce, disband, go separate… …
55tear — I n 1. teardrop, drop, droplet, bead, globule. v 2.(all of the eyes) water, well or fill up with tears, get moist or dewy or teary; secrete tears, shed tears, weep, gush, overflow. II v 1. rip, rend, reave, rive, pull apart; shred, rip or pull to …
56gape — [v1] gawk beam, bore, eye, eyeball*, focus, get a load of*, get an eyeful*, give the eye*, glare, gloat, goggle*, look, ogle, peer, rubberneck*, size up*, stare, take in*, wonder, yawp*; concept 623 gape [v2] be wide open cleave, crack, dehisce,… …
57dehiscence — [dēhis′əns] n. [L dehiscens, prp. of dehiscere: see DEHISCE] a splitting open, as of a pod or anther, along definite structural lines dehiscent adj …
58break through — verb 1. pass through (a barrier) (Freq. 3) Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county • Syn: ↑crack • Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑go through, ↑go across …
59come out — verb 1. appear or become visible; make a showing (Freq. 33) She turned up at the funeral I hope the list key is going to surface again • Syn: ↑come on, ↑turn up, ↑surface, ↑show up …
60dehiscence — noun (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound • Derivationally… …
