Gaping can mean staring with eyes wide open. It can also mean any wide opening, such as a gaping woung, or a gaping chasm, gaping tear in a piece of fabric etc.
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a cave cannot have a gaping mouth so its giving something
nonliving, living characteristics.
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Wide open. A gaping hole is a wide open hole. A gaping mouth is
one which is hanging open, usually from astonishment.
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There was a gaping hole in the side of the plane after the crash
landing