'Gape' definitions:
Definition of 'gape'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Gape'
From: GCIDE
- Gape \Gape\ (g[aum]p; in Eng, commonly g[=a]p; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gaped (g[aum]pt or g[=a]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Gaping] [OE. gapen, AS. geapan to open; akin to D. gapen to gape, G. gaffen, Icel. & Sw. gapa, Dan. gabe; cf. Skr. jabh to snap at, open the mouth. Cf. Gaby, Gap.]
- 1. To open the mouth wide; as: (a) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape. --Dryden. (b) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn. [1913 Webster]
- She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it be time to rise. --Swift. [1913 Webster] (c) Showing unselfconsciousness in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc. [1913 Webster]
- With gaping wonderment had stared aghast. --Byron. (d) Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome. [1913 Webster]
- They have gaped upon me with their mouth. --Job xvi. 10. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To open or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus. [1913 Webster]
- May that ground gape and swallow me alive! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at. [1913 Webster]
- The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes. --Denham.
- Syn: To gaze; stare; yawn. See Gaze. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gape'
From: GCIDE
- Gape \Gape\, n.
- 1. The act of gaping; a yawn. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The gapes. (a) A fit of yawning. (b) A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gape'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysm,
- abyss,
- aperture,
- arroyo,
- attend,
- be amazed,
- be astonished,
- be curious,
- bedroom eyes,
- bore,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- broaching,
- burn with curiosity,
- canyon,
- cavity,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- clearing,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- col,
- come-hither look,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- crack,
- crane,
- crane the neck,
- cranny,
- crevasse,
- crevice,
- cut,
- cwm,
- defile,
- dehisce,
- dehiscence,
- dell,
- dig around for,
- dig up,
- dike,
- disclosure,
- ditch,
- donga,
- draw,
- evil eye,
- excavation,
- eye,
- fault,
- fenestra,
- fissure,
- fistula,
- flaw,
- flume,
- fontanel,
- foramen,
- fracture,
- furrow,
- gap,
- gaping,
- gash,
- gat,
- gaup,
- gawk,
- gaze,
- gaze open-mouthed,
- glad eye,
- glare,
- gloat,
- glower,
- glowering look,
- goggle,
- gorge,
- groove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- hang open,
- hiatus,
- hole,
- hollow,
- incision,
- inlet,
- inquire,
- interrogate,
- interval,
- joint,
- kloof,
- lacuna,
- laying open,
- leak,
- look,
- look at,
- look on,
- malocchio,
- marvel,
- moat,
- nose around for,
- nose out,
- notch,
- nullah,
- ogle,
- opening,
- opening up,
- orifice,
- oscitancy,
- oscitate,
- oscitation,
- outlet,
- pandiculation,
- part,
- pass,
- passage,
- passageway,
- peer,
- penetrating look,
- pore,
- query,
- question,
- quiz,
- ravine,
- rent,
- rift,
- rime,
- rubber,
- rubberneck,
- rupture,
- scissure,
- seam,
- seek,
- slit,
- slot,
- space,
- split,
- stand aghast,
- stand on tiptoe,
- stare,
- stare at,
- stare down,
- stare hard,
- stare openmouthed,
- stoma,
- take in,
- the gapes,
- throwing open,
- trench,
- uncorking,
- unstopping,
- valley,
- void,
- wadi,
- want to know,
- watch,
- yaw,
- yawn,
- yawning