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Gape

To open the mouth wide

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Open 76% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Stare 76% connected

The starling.

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Rictus 76% connected

The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth.

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Goggle 74% connected

To roll the eyes; to stare.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Goggle 74% connected

To roll the eyes; to stare.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gawk 92% connected

A cuckoo.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Goggle 92% connected

To roll the eyes; to stare.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Yaw 92% connected

To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Yawn 92% connected

To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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