Word Meanings - CHASM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure. That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill. Coleridge. 2. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men. Memory .

Additional info about word: CHASM

1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure. That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill. Coleridge. 2. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men. Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought. Addison.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CHASM)

• Abyss
• Gulf
• profound
• gorge
• deep
• pit
• chasm
• depth
• Aperture
• Opening
• gap
• fissure
• cleft

Related words: (words related to CHASM)

• OPENNESS
  The quality or state of being open.
• GORGEOUS
  Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n. (more info) luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff,
• CLEFTGRAFT
  To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion. Mortimer.
• FISSURE
  A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock. Cerebral fissures , the furrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole
• APERTURE
  The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture. Note: The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture,
• DEPTH
  The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content. (more info) 1. The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface,or horizontal measurement backward
• OPEN SEA
  A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
• GORGET
  A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. Gorget hummer , a humming bird of the genus Trochilus. See Rubythroat. (more info) 1. A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of
• CLEFT
  from Cleave.
• ABYSSAL
  Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. Abyssal zone , one of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond
• PROFOUNDNESS
  The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth. Hooker.
• PROFOUNDLY
  In a profound manner. Why sigh you so profoundly Shak.
• OPEN
  1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures
• OPEN-MOUTHED
  Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.
• DEPTHLESS
  1. Having no depth; shallow. 2. Of measureless depth; unfathomable. In clouds of depthless night. Francis.
• ABYSS
  The center of an escutcheon. Note: This word, in its leading uses, is associated with the cosmological notions of the Hebrews, having reference to a supposed illimitable mass of waters from which our earth sprung, and beneath whose profound depths
• CHASMY
  Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms. Carlyle. They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed. Wordsworth.
• CLEFT-FOOTED
  Having a cloven foot.
• OPENLY
  1. In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy. How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the precepts of the gospel by our ungodliness! Tillotson. 2. Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently. My love . . . shall show
• PROFOUND
  1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep. "A gulf profound." Milton. 2. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound
• PROPENE
  See PROPYLENE
• REGORGE
  1. To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back. Hayward. 2. To swallow again; to swallow back. Tides at highest mark regorge the flood. DRyden.
• ISOCHASMIC
  Indicating equal auroral display; as, an isochasmic line.
• PROPENSE
  Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
• TWO-CLEFT
  Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.
• COUPE-GORGE
  Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces. Farrow.
• SCOLOPENDRINE
  Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
• TWOPENNY
  Of the value of twopence.
• DISGORGEMENT
  The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged. Bp. Hall.
• PROPENSION
  The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.