Gape

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To open the mouth wide; yawn.
  • verb-intransitive. To stare wonderingly or stupidly, often with the mouth open. See Synonyms at gaze.
  • verb-intransitive. To open wide: The curtains gaped when the wind blew.
  • n. The act or an instance of gaping.
  • n. A large opening.
  • n. Zoology The width of the space between the open jaws or mandibles of a vertebrate.
  • n. A disease of birds, especially young domesticated chickens and turkeys, caused by gapeworms and resulting in obstructed breathing.
  • n. A fit of yawning.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
  • v. To stare in wonder.
  • v. To open wide; to display a gap.
  • n. An act of gaping; a yawn.
  • n. A large opening.
  • n. A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
  • n. The width of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To open the mouth wide.
  • verb-intransitive. Expressing a desire for food.
  • verb-intransitive. Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.
  • verb-intransitive. Showing unselfconsciousness in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc.
  • verb-intransitive. Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome.
  • verb-intransitive. To open or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.
  • verb-intransitive. To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at.
  • n. The act of gaping; a yawn.
  • n. The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To open the mouth involuntarily or as the result of weariness, sleepiness, or absorbed attention; yawn.
  • According to the inducing cause of the gaping, the verb, without losing its literal meaning, usually takes on an additional specific sense.
  • To yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness.
  • To open the mouth for food, as young birds.
  • Hence — To open the mouth in eager expectation; expect, await, or hope for, with the intent to receive or devour. See phrases below.
  • To stand with open mouth in wonder, astonishment, or admiration; stand and gaze; stare. See phrases below, and gaping.
  • To open as a gap, fissure, or chasm; split open; become fissured; show a fissure.
  • To stand in eager expectation of; covet; desire; long for.
  • To covet, desire; long for.
  • Synonyms Gaze, etc. See stare.
  • n. The act of gaping.
  • n. A fit of yawning: commonly in the plural.
  • n. In zoology:
  • n. The width of the mouth when opened; the interval between the upper and under mandibles; the rictus, or commissural line. See first cut under bill.
  • n. The gap or interval between the valves of a bivalve mollusk where the edges of the valves do not fit together when the shell is shut. See gaper, 4.
  • n. plural A disease of young poultry, caused by the presence of a nematoid worm or strongyle (Syngamus trachealis) in the windpipe, attended by frequent gaping as a symptom.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. look with amazement; look stupidly
  • v. be wide open
  • n. a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)
  • n. an expression of openmouthed astonishment
  • Verb Form
    gaped    gapes    gaping   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    look    be    stare   
    Cross Reference
    to gape at    upon    to gape after   
    Form
    agape   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stare    gaze    yawn    open    hiate    gaup    gawp    inhiate    dehisce   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cape    Snape    agape    ape    cape    crepe    drape    escape    grape    knape   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    windowpane    trialer    insufflation    blab    snigger    slagging