GAPE
\ɡˈe͡ɪp], \ɡˈeɪp], \ɡ_ˈeɪ_p]\
Definitions of GAPE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an expression of open-mouthed astonishment
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look with amazement; look stupidly
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be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To open the mouth wide
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Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.
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To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.
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The act of gaping; a yawn.
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The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.
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To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; - with for, after, or at.
By Oddity Software
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To open the mouth wide
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Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.
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To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.
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The act of gaping; a yawn.
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The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.
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To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; - with for, after, or at.
By Noah Webster.
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To open the mouth wide, as from drowsiness, wonder, etc.; yawn; open.
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The act of opening the mouth and staring; a yawn.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To open the mouth wide; to yawn: to stare with open mouth: to be open, like a gap.
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Act of gaping: width of the mouth when opened: a fit of yawning. "Another hour of music was to give delight or the gapes, as real or affected taste for it prevailed."-Miss Austen.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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