(adv. & a.) Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
(n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.
Example Sentences:
(1) When, against Real Madrid, Nani was sent off, Ferguson, jaws agape, interrupting his incessant mastication, roared from the bench, uprooting his assistant and marched to the touchline.
(2) Investors agape as the rule book is taken out and burnt.
(3) The results suggested that Rubin's Love Scale contained elements of Mania and Agape but none of Ludus, which could not be further differentiated.
(4) He sees me scrutinising it, slightly agape, and says, "OK, I'm piecing it together now.
(5) In the moment of victory Murray dropped his racket and turned, mouth agape, towards the nearest section of the crowd – by happy coincidence also the press box – before crumpling to his knees on Centre Court, overcome at the end point of a gruellingly ascetic, occasionally obsessive journey towards an unassailable career high.
(6) But when, as advised, Gale and Zemeckis sent it to Disney, agape faces awaited them.
(7) AGAPE (Computer-based Outpatients' Clinic Programme) is a programme for IBM-compatible microcomputers realised by physicians for the management of hypertensive patients.
(8) The hole in the landscape that opens up in front of the group of visitors is so vast and deep that some of them simply stare, mouths agape.
(9) There's no… " And he does the Lineker goal face, arms raised, eyes dementedly screwed up and mouth agape, a disturbing sight for anyone who kicked over a coffee table – and split a toenail – when he scored against West Germany at Italia 90.
(10) Agi & Sam : AKA Agape Mdumulla and Sam Cotton, who met while working at Alexander McQueen .
(11) The author critiques the dialectic between justice-based ethics and an ethic of caring from a historical perspective (by analogy with the dialectic between agape and friendship).
(12) The ibis raised its bill and gagged down the worm, its bill agape and throat bulging with each hard swallow.
Agave
Definition:
(n.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
Example Sentences:
(1) With respect to its primary specificity, as well as its pH-dependence there was a resemblance with chymotrypsin, although the rate of hydrolysis of Agave protease is much lower.
(2) A menu entitled tacos prehispánicos offers a far-reaching conflagration of edible insects, such as sautéed grasshoppers, gusanos de maguey (grubs found in agave plants), and crispy fried black beetles called cocopaches .
(3) The toxin in Kleingrass has been suspected of being a steroidal saponin as Kleingrass produced characteristic birefringent crystals similar to those produced by saponin-containing plants such as Agave lecheguilla and Tribulus terrestris.
(4) The findings of these trials are consistent with reports from abroad that ovine hepatogenous photosensitization, caused by Agave lechuguilla and Narthecium ossifragum, can be induced with crude saponins from the respective plants.
(5) Agave protease could hydrolyze a variety of protein substrates although it did have a restricted specificity.
(6) Forget tequila and mezcal, Mexico’s oldest alcoholic drink is pulque , made from the fermented sap of an agave plant.
(7) Crude extracts of Agave americana contain two utero-active compounds.
(8) A new protease was isolated from an extract of leaves of Agave americana variegata.
(9) 1.3':5'-Cyclic AMP was extensively purified from Kalanchoe daigremontiana and Agave americana by neutral alumina and anion- and cation-exchange column chromatography.
(10) Emphasis in this review is on principles of wide biological applicability, with specific examples being chosen from research on agaves and cacti.
(11) THE COOL KIDS Lux Central Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Arya Daryani In other cities, Lux Central would be too cool for school; here, it may have all the hipster hallmarks – permanent semi-darkness, tattooed staff, designer brews, aged mescal cocktails dotted with jewels of agave – but it’s impossible to remain chill in the face of its pancake breakfasts (from $9), steak’n’eggs lunches and fabulous in-house bakery.
(12) The larvicidal properties of 34 plant extracts were tested against Aedes fluviatilis (Lutz) (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae, at 100, 10 and 1 ppm concentrations; 26.6% of the extracts enhanced larval mortality (alpha = 0.05) at 100 ppm (Anacardium occidentale, Agave americana, Allium sativum, Coriandrum sativum, Nerium oleander, Spatodea campanulata, Tibouchina scrobiculata and Vernonia salzmanni).
(13) The lush estate occupies a 200-acre desert oasis landscaped with cactus gardens, agaves and aloes to evoke an impressionist painting.
(14) Lesions of Panicum coloratum-associated disease are similar to those associated with photosensitization induced by Tribulus terrestris, Agave lecheguilla, and Nolina texana.
(15) I opt for the buttery Brazilian Agua Preta latte with a shot of agave syrup.
(16) Two new steroidal glycosides, agaveside A and B, isolated from the fruits of Agave cantala were characterized as 3 beta-O-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----2),beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----3), beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1----3)-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----3)-beta-D- galactopyranosyl-(1----2)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl]-(25R)-5 alpha-spirostane and 3 beta-O-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----2), beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----3)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1----3)- [beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1----2)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl]-(25R)-5 alpha-spirostane.
(17) Rosie Reynolds, The Cook Team Serves 4 1 tbsp vegetable oil 2 garlic cloves, sliced 4cm piece ginger, peeled and shredded 3 courgettes, chopped 1 tbsp caster sugar 1 tbsp cider vinegar For the noodles 250g medium rice noodles 4 tbsp tahini 2 tbsp agave syrup 1 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds 4 spring onions, shredded 1 Cook the rice noodles according to packet instructions until just tender.
(18) A new steroidal glycoside, agaveside D, isolated from the fruits of Agave cantala was characterized as 3 beta-(alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1----2),beta-D-glycopyranosyl- (1----3)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl[beta-D-xylopyransoyl-(1----4)-alpha -L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1----2)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-25R-5 alpha-spirostane on the basis of chemical degradation and spectrometry.
(19) Tolerances to low and high temperatures, such as the ability of agaves and cacti to tolerate extremely high tissue temperatures of 70 degrees C, are discussed from both cellular and ecological perspectives.
(20) 2 Combine the tahini with the agave syrup and soy sauce.