Today’s word of the day is ‘Chasm.’ Let us understand more about this word.
[responsivevoice] chasm [/responsivevoice] [ kaz-uh m ]
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Gap
2. Abyss
3. Opening
4. Crater
1. Hindi – Khaee
2. Spanish – Abismo
3. French – Gouffre
4. Mandarin – Lièkǒu
1. Removing his furs, he rolled them tightly and threw them across the chasm.
2. For a moment the chasm is a battleground of the elements, a fierce, titanic struggle.
3. Cautiously he drew back, still looking about for some means to cross the chasm.
4. When he reached the opening he dropped flat with his head over the chasm.
5. In the blinding blizzard, they could not see the width of the chasm.
cleavage, crater, crevasse, fissure, gorge, ravine, rift, schism, void, abysm, alienation, arroyo, blank, breach, cavity, cleft, clove, flume, gulch, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, omission, opening, oversight, preterition, rent, skip, split, yawn, clough, an abyss, canyon, ravine, gully, pass, defile, couloir, pit, void, gap, chine, thrutch, Barranco, etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
closing, closure, remembrance, solid, junction, juncture, concluding, blockade, completion, shutting
Quotation:
There is a giant gulf between doing something and doing nothing. And someone who makes a lolcat and uploads it – even if only to crack their friends up – has already crossed that chasm to doing something. That’s the sea change, and you can see it even with the cute cats.
Clay Shirky
Social Example:
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